Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep…

Which action did the youth perform in order to restore the Princess to consciousness?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, youth · What happens: do, perform, restore · To what, where: order, Princess, consciousness

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 youth	det
5	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 restore	mark
10	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 perform	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 restore	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 consciousness	case
14	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 restore	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	which action				tree rules
2	perform	present	the youth			order	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	restore	to-infinitive	the youth not said here	the Princess	consciousness		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to consciousness=Recipient

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

He administered the powdered heart of the bird to her mouth while the whole court watched in silence

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 administered	nsubj
2	administered	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
4	powdered	powder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 heart	amod
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administered	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heart	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mouth	nmod:poss
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administered	obl
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 court	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 court	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 court	amod
15	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administered	ccomp
16	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 court	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 silence	case
18	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	administer	past	He	the powdered heart of the bird	bird's mouth		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent heart=Theme to mouth=Recipient
2	powder	participle					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	watch	participle		the whole court not said here		silence	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location

Option 2

He sprinkled the crushed heart onto her forehead and chin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sprinkled	nsubj
2	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
4	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 heart	amod
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sprinkled	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 forehead	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 forehead	nmod:poss
8	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sprinkled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 chin	cc
10	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forehead	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	past	He	the crushed heart		her forehead and chin			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heart=Theme onto forehead=Destination
2	crush	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He administered the powdered heart of the bird to her mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 administered	nsubj
2	administered	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
4	powdered	powder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 heart	amod
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administered	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heart	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mouth	nmod:poss
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	past	He	the powdered heart of the bird	bird's mouth				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent heart=Theme to mouth=Recipient
2	powder	participle							vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He blew the powdered heart of the bird into her mouth and then waited for her breath to return to her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	nsubj
2	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
4	powdered	powder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 heart	amod
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heart	nmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mouth	nmod:poss
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 waited	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 waited	advmod
14	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blew	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 breath	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 breath	nmod:poss
17	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 waited	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 return	mark
19	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 waited	advcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	He	the powdered heart of the bird		bird's mouth			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent heart=Material into mouth=Product
2	powder	participle							vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	wait	past	He not said here				then	for bird's breath	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	return	to-infinitive	He not said here		bird				vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result

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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