Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle…
To what purpose did the eagle undertake his journey in company with Jack?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagle · What happens: undertake, journey · To what, where: journey, company
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1955 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle is found and carried away over the sea» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 undertake | obl |
| 3 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 undertake | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eagle | det |
| 6 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 undertake | nsubj |
| 7 | undertake | undertake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 journey | nmod:poss |
| 9 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 undertake | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 company | case |
| 11 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 undertake | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 Jack | case |
| 13 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 company | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 undertake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undertake | past · do-support | the eagle | eagle's journey | company with Jack | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | journey | eagle | nom journey «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 · ✓ the right answer
To conduct Jack back to the castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 conduct | mark |
| 2 | conduct | conduct | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 conduct | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 conduct | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 castle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 conduct | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conduct back | to-infinitive | Jack | the castle | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jack=Theme to castle=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
To carry Jack to the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 carry | mark |
| 2 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 carry | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | to-infinitive | Jack | the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jack=Theme to sea=Destination |
Option 3
For fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For | for | ADP | _ | 2 fun | case |
| 2 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
To bring the box back to the ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 bring | mark |
| 2 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 box | det |
| 4 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bring | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 bring | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 ship | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ship | det |
| 8 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | to-infinitive | the box | the ship | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent box=Theme to ship=Destination |
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