Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…
Which of the following correctly identifies the item which the lady required the prince to produce on the morning following the first evening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady, morning · What happens: follow, identify, require, produce · To what, where: item
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 item | det |
| 8 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 required | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lady | det |
| 11 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 required | nsubj |
| 12 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 item | acl:relcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 required | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 produce | mark |
| 16 | produce | produce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 required | xcomp |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 morning | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 morning | det |
| 19 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 produce | obl |
| 20 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 morning | acl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 evening | det |
| 22 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 23 evening | amod |
| 23 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 following | obj |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | identify | present | the item | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent item=Theme | ||||
| 3 | require | past | the lady | the item | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | produce | to-infinitive | the lady not said here | morning | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | follow | gerund | the morning not said here | evening | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
The silver brooch which she had kept near her heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brooch | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brooch | compound |
| 3 | brooch | brooch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 kept | obj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kept | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 kept | aux |
| 7 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 brooch | acl:relcl |
| 8 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 heart | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 heart | nmod:poss |
| 10 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · perfect | she | the silver brooch | her heart | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Theme near heart=Location |
Option 2
The scarf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scarf | det |
| 2 | scarf | scarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The handkerchief which she had placed within her bosom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 handkerchief | det |
| 2 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 placed | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 placed | aux |
| 6 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 handkerchief | acl:relcl |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 9 bosom | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bosom | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 placed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past · perfect · passive | the handkerchief | within her bosom | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bosom | her = she | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The golden ring which she had hidden in her sleeve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ring | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ring | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hidden | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hidden | aux |
| 7 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ring | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 sleeve | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sleeve | nmod:poss |
| 10 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · perfect · passive | the golden ring | her sleeve | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in sleeve=Location |
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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