Exam question 1 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1…
Which object did the statue ask the Swallow to remove from its sword-hilt, and for what purpose?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, Swallow · What happens: ask, remove · To what, where: Swallow, sword hilt
This is exam question 1 of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ask | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statue | det |
| 5 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | nsubj |
| 6 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Swallow | det |
| 8 | Swallow | swallow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 remove | mark |
| 10 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ask | xcomp |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 hilt | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 hilt | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hilt | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 sword | punct |
| 15 | hilt | hilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 remove | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 purpose | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 purpose | cc |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 what | case |
| 19 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 purpose | obl |
| 20 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · do-support | which object | the Swallow | purpose obl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent swallow=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | remove not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Swallow not said here | statue's sword hilt | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from hilt=Source |
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 right answer
The large red ruby, for delivery to the seamstress and her sick child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ruby | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ruby | amod |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ruby | amod |
| 4 | ruby | ruby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 delivery | punct |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 delivery | case |
| 7 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 seamstress | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 seamstress | det |
| 10 | seamstress | seamstress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 delivery | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 child | cc |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 child | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 child | amod |
| 14 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The blue sapphire eye, for the seamstress and her ill child in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eye | det |
| 2 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eye | amod |
| 3 | sapphire | sapphire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eye | compound |
| 4 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 seamstress | punct |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 seamstress | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 seamstress | det |
| 8 | seamstress | seamstress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eye | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 child | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 child | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 child | amod |
| 12 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eye | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 town | case |
| 14 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 child | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The large red ruby from the sword-hilt, for delivery to the seamstress and her sick little child at home
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ruby | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ruby | amod |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ruby | amod |
| 4 | ruby | ruby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 hilt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hilt | det |
| 7 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hilt | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 sword | punct |
| 9 | hilt | hilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 delivery | punct |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 delivery | case |
| 12 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 seamstress | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 seamstress | det |
| 15 | seamstress | seamstress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 delivery | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 child | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 child | nmod:poss |
| 18 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 child | amod |
| 19 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 child | amod |
| 20 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 home | case |
| 22 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 child | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The large red ruby from the hilt, for delivery to the seamstress, her sick child, and the whole poor family next door
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ruby | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ruby | amod |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ruby | amod |
| 4 | ruby | ruby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 hilt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hilt | det |
| 7 | hilt | hilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 delivery | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 delivery | case |
| 10 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 seamstress | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 seamstress | det |
| 13 | seamstress | seamstress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 delivery | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 child | punct |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 child | nmod:poss |
| 16 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 child | amod |
| 17 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 door | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 door | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 family | det |
| 21 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 family | amod |
| 22 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 family | amod |
| 23 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 door | compound |
| 24 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 door | amod |
| 25 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruby | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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