Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

Which statement correctly describes the purpose of the stately lady's final command to the Black Bird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, final command, stately lady · What happens: describe, purpose, command · To what, where: purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purpose	det
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	13 command	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lady	det
9	stately	stately	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lady	amod
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 command	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 lady	case
12	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 command	amod
13	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purpose	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 Bird	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Bird	det
16	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Bird	compound
17	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 command	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the purpose of the stately lady's final command to the Black Bird	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		the stately lady's final command to the Black Bird			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	command		the stately lady		to the Black Bird	nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To warn the Giant about the Princess's escape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Giant	det
4	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warn	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 escape	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 escape	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Princess	case
9	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		the Giant				about the Princess's escape	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent giant=Recipient about escape=Topic
2	escape		the Princess						nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To have her carried to a castle to sew for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 have	mark
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 castle	nmod:poss
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 castle	amod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sew	mark
9	sew	sew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 have	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive	her carried castle		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Patient
2	carry	participle			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sew	to-infinitive		for him = he	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To deliver the Princess to the Giant to work on tapestry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deliver	mark
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Giant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Giant	det
7	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deliver	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 work	mark
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 Giant	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 tapestry	case
11	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	to-infinitive		the Princess				to the Giant	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to giant=Destination
2	work	to-infinitive						on tapestry	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on tapestry=Theme

Option 4

To take her to the Giant to weave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 take	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Giant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Giant	det
6	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 take	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 weave	mark
8	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Giant	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive			her = she				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
2	weave	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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