Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…
Which of the following describes the decision by which the baron's brother, having received the letter, arranged the marriage of the girl to his nephew?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, letter · What happens: follow, describe, be, arrange, marry · To what, where: decision, letter, marriage, girl
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1971 «English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries to drown the girl he has fated for his son, and a ring saves her» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 decision | det |
| 7 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 letter | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 baron | det |
| 11 | baron | baron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 baron | case |
| 13 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 letter | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 having | punct |
| 15 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 letter | aux |
| 16 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 letter | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 letter | det |
| 18 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decision | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 arranged | punct |
| 20 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 letter | acl:relcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 marriage | det |
| 22 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 arranged | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 girl | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 girl | det |
| 25 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 marriage | nmod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 nephew | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 28 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 arranged | obl |
| 29 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | 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 | describe | present | the decision | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent decision=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a | gerund | the baron's brother | the letter | by the decision | tree rules | |||
| 4 | arrange | past | the letter not said here | the marriage of the girl | to his nephew | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Product | |||
| 5 | marry | the girl | nom marriage «state transitive»: of=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
He read the first letter
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 read | nsubj |
| 2 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 letter | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 letter | amod |
| 5 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | past | He | the first letter | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic |
Option 2
He obeyed the first letter, which the girl had carried to him
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 obeyed | nsubj |
| 2 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 letter | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 letter | amod |
| 5 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 obeyed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 carried | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 girl | det |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 carried | aux |
| 11 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 letter | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obey | past | He | the first letter | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past · perfect · passive | the first letter | him = he | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He acted upon the second letter, which the robbers had altered
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 acted | nsubj |
| 2 | acted | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 letter | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 letter | det |
| 5 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 letter | amod |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 acted | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 altered | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 altered | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 robbers | det |
| 10 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 altered | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 altered | aux |
| 12 | altered | alter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 letter | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past | He | upon the second letter | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | alter | past · perfect · passive | the robbers | tree rules |
Option 4
He trusted the robbers' letter, which the innkeeper had written
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 trusted | nsubj |
| 2 | trusted | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 robbers | det |
| 4 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 letter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 robbers | case |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 trusted | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 written | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 written | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 innkeeper | det |
| 10 | innkeeper | innkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 written | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 written | aux |
| 12 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 letter | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | past | He | the robbers's letter | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | write | past · perfect · passive | the innkeeper | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient which=Topic | |||||
| 3 | letter | the robbers | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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