Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…
Which of the following accurately identifies the gift given to the princess by the second golden head?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, give · To what, where: gift, princess
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gift | det |
| 8 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 gift | acl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 princess | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 given | obl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 head | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 head | det |
| 15 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 17 head | amod |
| 16 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 head | amod |
| 17 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 given | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | 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 gift | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | participle | the gift not said here | the princess | by the second golden head | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to princess=Recipient |
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
A sweet voice exceeding the nightingale and a face that outshone every other lady at court
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 voice | det |
| 2 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 voice | amod |
| 3 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 outshone | nsubj |
| 4 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 voice | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nightingale | det |
| 6 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exceeding | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 face | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 face | det |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nightingale | conj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 outshone | nsubj |
| 11 | outshone | outshine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 lady | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lady | amod |
| 14 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 outshone | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 court | case |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 outshone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exceed | gerund | a sweet voice not said here | the nightingale and a face | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nightingale=Theme | ||||
| 2 | outshine | past | a sweet voice | every other lady | court | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lady=Theme |
Option 2
A beauty exceeding the sunrise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 beauty | det |
| 2 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 beauty | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sunrise | det |
| 5 | sunrise | sunrise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exceeding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exceed | gerund | a beauty not said here | sunrise | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A sweet voice exceeding the nightingale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 voice | det |
| 2 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 voice | amod |
| 3 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 voice | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nightingale | det |
| 6 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exceeding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exceed | gerund | a sweet voice not said here | the nightingale | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nightingale=Theme |
Option 4
A gift of wit surpassing the sages and a sweet voice exceeding the nightingale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 wit | case |
| 4 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gift | nmod |
| 5 | surpassing | surpass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 gift | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sages | det |
| 7 | sages | sage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 surpassing | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 voice | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 voice | det |
| 10 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 voice | amod |
| 11 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sages | conj |
| 12 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 voice | acl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 nightingale | det |
| 14 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 exceeding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surpass | gerund | a gift of wit not said here | the sages and a sweet voice | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sage=Theme | ||||
| 2 | exceed | gerund | a sweet voice not said here | the nightingale | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nightingale=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gift | wit | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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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