Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Son…
By what formula must the prince address the swans upon reaching the castle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: formula, swans · What happens: address, reach · To what, where: castle
This is exam question 3 of lesson 254 «English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Sons, part 1: Jack rides off for golden apples and meets three strange old men» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | formula | formula | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 address | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 address | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 address | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 address | compound |
| 7 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 swans | det |
| 9 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 what | nsubj |
| 10 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 11 reaching | mark |
| 11 | reaching | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 swans | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 castle | det |
| 13 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reaching | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | address | must | formula | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | reach | gerund | the swans not said here | the castle | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent castle=Theme |
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
Swan, swan, carry me over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carry | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 swan | punct |
| 3 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swan | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Swan | punct |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 carry | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 carry | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry over | infinitive | Swan and swan | me | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
Option 2
"Swan, carry me"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 carry | punct |
| 2 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carry | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Swan | punct |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 carry | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 carry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry in a quote | infinitive | Swan | me | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
Option 3
"Swan, swan, take me across"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 2 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swan | punct |
| 4 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Swan | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Swan | punct |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 take | compound:prt |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take across in a quote | imperative | you not said here | Swan and swan | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination |
Option 4
"Griffin, griffin, bear me over"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bear | punct |
| 2 | Griffin | griffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 griffin | punct |
| 4 | griffin | griffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Griffin | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Griffin | punct |
| 6 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 bear | obj |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 bear | compound:prt |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear over in a quote | imperative | you not said here | Griffin and griffin | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
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