Exam question 4 · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…
Which object conveyed the King's son towards the dwelling of the girl?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: convey · To what, where: son
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» 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 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conveyed | nsubj |
| 3 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 King | case |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conveyed | obj |
| 8 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 10 dwelling | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dwelling | det |
| 10 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conveyed | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 girl | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 girl | det |
| 13 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dwelling | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 conveyed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | convey | past | which object | the King's son | towards the dwelling of the girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic |
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
the spindle, dancing ahead and dragging its long golden thread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spindle | det |
| 2 | spindle | spindle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dancing | punct |
| 4 | dancing | dance | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 spindle | acl |
| 5 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 4 dancing | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dragging | cc |
| 7 | dragging | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 dancing | conj |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 thread | nmod:poss |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thread | amod |
| 10 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thread | amod |
| 11 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dragging | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | gerund | the spindle not said here | ahead property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drag | gerund | the spindle not said here | spindle's long golden thread | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |
Option 2
the wheel, trailing its silver cord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wheel | det |
| 2 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trailing | punct |
| 4 | trailing | trail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 wheel | acl |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 cord | nmod:poss |
| 6 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cord | compound |
| 7 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trailing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trail | gerund | the wheel not said here | wheel's silver cord | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
the spindle, dragging its long golden thread behind it across the fields
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spindle | det |
| 2 | spindle | spindle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dragging | punct |
| 4 | dragging | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 spindle | acl |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 thread | nmod:poss |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thread | amod |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thread | amod |
| 8 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragging | obj |
| 9 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 thread | nmod |
| 11 | across | across | ADP | _ | 13 fields | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fields | det |
| 13 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dragging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | gerund | the spindle not said here | spindle's long golden thread | thread | across the fields | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the spindle, dragging its golden thread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spindle | det |
| 2 | spindle | spindle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dragging | punct |
| 4 | dragging | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 spindle | acl |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 thread | nmod:poss |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thread | amod |
| 7 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragging | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | gerund | the spindle not said here | spindle's golden thread | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |
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