Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fail…
Which creature, in the judgement of the narrative, was in reality a mighty magician, and by what means did he conduct the Prince's second attempt?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: creature, mighty magician, he, Prince · What happens: be, mean, conduct, attempt · To what, where: mighty magician, second attempt · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» 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 creature | det |
| 2 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 magician | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 judgement | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 judgement | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 judgement | det |
| 6 | judgement | judgement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 creature | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 narrative | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 narrative | det |
| 9 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 judgement | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 creature | punct |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 magician | cop |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 reality | case |
| 13 | reality | reality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 was | obl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 magician | det |
| 15 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 magician | amod |
| 16 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 means | cc |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 what | case |
| 20 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 means | nsubj |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 magician | parataxis |
| 22 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 conduct | aux |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 conduct | nsubj |
| 24 | conduct | conduct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 means | ccomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Prince | det |
| 26 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 Prince | case |
| 28 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 29 attempt | amod |
| 29 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 conduct | obj |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 magician | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | which creature and the judgement of the narrative | a mighty magician | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | a mighty magician | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | conduct | past · do-support | he | the Prince's second attempt | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Theme | ||||
| 4 | attempt | the Prince | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
a wolf, a magician
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 magician | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 magician | det |
| 5 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wolf | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a fox who disguised himself as a merchant lord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 disguised | nsubj |
| 4 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fox | acl:relcl |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 disguised | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 lord | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lord | det |
| 8 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lord | compound |
| 9 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 disguised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disguise | past | a fox | fox | as a merchant lord | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a wolf who transformed himself into a monarch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 transformed | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 transformed | nsubj |
| 4 | transformed | transform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 transformed | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 monarch | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 monarch | det |
| 8 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 transformed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transform | past | a wolf | wolf | into a monarch result | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into monarch=Result |
Option 4
a wolf who posed as a wealthy old beggar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 posed | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 posed | nsubj |
| 4 | posed | pose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 beggar | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 beggar | det |
| 7 | wealthy | wealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 beggar | amod |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 beggar | amod |
| 9 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 posed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pose | past | a wolf | as a wealthy old beggar | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as beggar=Attribute |
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