Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the…

Which object was fashioned from the princess's remains, and by whom was it constructed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: be, construct · To what, where: remains, object

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» 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	4 fashioned	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fashioned	cop
4	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 remains	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remains	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 princess	case
9	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 fashioned	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 constructed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 constructed	cc
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 whom	case
13	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 constructed	obl
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 constructed	aux:pass
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 constructed	nsubj:pass
16	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fashioned	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fashioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	which object			the princess's remains		fashioned property	tree rules
2	construct	past · passive		object					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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 lute, made by the travelling king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lute	det
2	lute	lute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lute	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 king	compound
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a lute not said here				by the travelling king	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

A harp, by the harper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 harp	det
2	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 harper	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 harper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 harper	det
6	harper	harper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harp	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A harp, fashioned by the travelling harper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 harp	det
2	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fashioned	punct
4	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 harp	amod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 harper	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 harper	det
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 harper	compound
8	harper	harper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fashioned	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A violin, crafted by the travelling minstrel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 violin	det
2	violin	violin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 crafted	punct
4	crafted	craft	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 violin	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 minstrel	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 minstrel	det
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 minstrel	compound
8	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crafted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	craft	participle		a violin not said here				by the travelling minstrel	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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