Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: J…
Identify the object which Jack exchanged with the sleeping Princess in the upper chamber of the castle.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jack · What happens: identify, exchange · To what, where: object, upper chamber
This is exam question 2 of lesson 255 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: Jack sneaks past the sleeping monsters, steals the apples, and heads home» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 object | det |
| 3 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 exchanged | obj |
| 5 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 exchanged | nsubj |
| 6 | exchanged | exchange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 object | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 sleeping | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sleeping | det |
| 9 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 exchanged | obl |
| 10 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sleeping | appos |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 chamber | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chamber | det |
| 13 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 chamber | amod |
| 14 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 exchanged | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 castle | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 castle | det |
| 17 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chamber | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the object | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 2 | exchange | past | Jack | the object | the upper chamber of the castle | with the sleeping | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent which=Theme with sleeping=Co-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
His own gold watch, pocket-handkerchief, and a silver ring from his hand
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 watch | nmod:poss |
| 2 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 watch | amod |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | compound |
| 4 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 handkerchief | punct |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 handkerchief | compound | ||
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 pocket | punct |
| 8 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ring | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ring | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ring | det |
| 12 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 ring | amod |
| 13 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | conj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 hand | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hand | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ring | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
His own silver ring and cloak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 ring | nmod:poss |
| 2 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ring | amod |
| 3 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ring | compound |
| 4 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cloak | cc |
| 6 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ring | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His own gold watch and pocket-handkerchief
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 watch | nmod:poss |
| 2 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 watch | amod |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | compound |
| 4 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 handkerchief | cc |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 handkerchief | compound | ||
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 pocket | punct |
| 8 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
His own gold watch, pocket-handkerchief, and the golden apple he had carried
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 watch | nmod:poss |
| 2 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 watch | amod |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | compound |
| 4 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 handkerchief | punct |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 handkerchief | compound | ||
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 pocket | punct |
| 8 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 apple | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 apple | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 apple | det |
| 12 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 apple | amod |
| 13 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | conj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 carried | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 carried | aux |
| 16 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 apple | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past · perfect | he | the golden apple not said here | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme |
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