Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous…
Specify the rule invoked by the second wife to bring about the death of the jealous queen.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, jealous queen · What happens: specify, invoke, bring, die · To what, where: rule
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1998 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous queen's plots end in her own death» 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 | Specify | specify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rule | det |
| 3 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Specify | obj |
| 4 | invoked | invoke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 rule | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 7 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 wife | amod |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invoked | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 bring | mark |
| 10 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 invoked | advcl |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 death | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 death | det |
| 13 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bring | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 queen | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 queen | det |
| 16 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 queen | amod |
| 17 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 death | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Specify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specify | imperative | you not said here | the rule | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 2 | invoke | participle | the rule not said here | by the second wife | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bring | to-infinitive | about the death of the jealous queen | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | die | the jealous queen | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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
the one who offers a drink tastes first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tastes | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 offers | nsubj |
| 4 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 one | acl:relcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 drink | det |
| 6 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offers | obj |
| 7 | tastes | taste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 tastes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present | the one | a drink | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent drink=Theme | ||||
| 2 | taste | present | the one | first property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the one who offers a drink to another must taste it first himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taste | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 offers | nsubj |
| 4 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 one | acl:relcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 drink | det |
| 6 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offers | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 another | case |
| 8 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 offers | obl |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 taste | aux |
| 10 | taste | taste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 taste | obj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 taste | advmod |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 taste | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present | the one | a drink | to another goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent drink=Theme to another=Goal | |||
| 2 | taste | must | the one | drink | himself = he obl:unmarked; first property | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |
Option 3
the drink-giver always sips first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 giver | det |
| 2 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 giver | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 drink | punct |
| 4 | giver | giver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sips | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 sips | advmod |
| 6 | sips | sip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 sips | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sip | present | the drink giver | always, first property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
the one who pours must taste first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taste | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 pours | nsubj |
| 4 | pours | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 one | acl:relcl |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 taste | aux |
| 6 | taste | taste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 taste | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | present | the one | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | |||||
| 2 | taste | must | the one | first property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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