Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…
Identify the reason for which the queen resolved to ruin the protagonist, Sir Thomas.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, resolve, ruin · To what, where: reason, queen, protagonist
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 queen | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 queen | det |
| 7 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reason | appos |
| 8 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 queen | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 ruin | mark |
| 10 | ruin | ruin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 resolved | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 protagonist | det |
| 12 | protagonist | protagonist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ruin | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Thomas | punct |
| 14 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Thomas | nmod:desc |
| 15 | Thomas | Thomas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 protagonist | appos |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | resolve | participle | the queen not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | ruin | to-infinitive | the protagonist | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=Patient |
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 king was too kind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kind | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 kind | advmod |
| 5 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the king | kind property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She was enraged by the honours the king conferred upon the little knight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 enraged | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 enraged | aux:pass |
| 3 | enraged | enrage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 honours | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 honours | det |
| 6 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 enraged | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 honours | appos |
| 9 | conferred | confer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 king | acl |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 knight | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 knight | det |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 knight | amod |
| 13 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 conferred | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 enraged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enrage | past · passive | the honours | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | confer | participle | the king not said here | upon the little knight | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She was jealous of the gifts the king gave the young lord.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 jealous | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 jealous | cop |
| 3 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gifts | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gifts | det |
| 6 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 jealous | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | nsubj |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gifts | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lord | det |
| 11 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lord | amod |
| 12 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 jealous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | of the gifts; jealous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the king | the young lord | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme |
Option 4
She envied the knight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 envied | nsubj |
| 2 | envied | envy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 knight | det |
| 4 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 envied | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 envied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | envy | past | She | the knight | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus |
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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