Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Son…
According to the wise woman, what is the only cure for a fool?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wise woman · What happens: accord, be · To what, where: only cure
This is exam question 4 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 woman | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woman | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 woman | amod |
| 5 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cure | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 cure | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cure | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cure | det |
| 10 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cure | amod |
| 11 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 woman | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 fool | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fool | det |
| 14 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cure | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 woman | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | the wise woman and the only cure | the only cure | for a fool | tree rules |
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
A wise woman to advise him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 woman | det |
| 2 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 woman | amod |
| 3 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 advise | mark |
| 5 | advise | advise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 woman | acl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 advise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advise speech: other | to-infinitive | him = he | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 2
A long stay in the king's castle with a good tutor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stay | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | amod |
| 3 | stay | stay | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 castle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 castle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | nmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 tutor | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tutor | det |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tutor | amod |
| 12 | tutor | tutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A strict master to watch him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 master | det |
| 2 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 master | amod |
| 3 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 watch | mark |
| 5 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 master | acl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 watch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | to-infinitive | him = he | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A good wife to look after him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wife | det |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wife | amod |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 look | mark |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wife | acl |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | to-infinitive | after him = he | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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