Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23:…
Which action of the youngest prince's brothers is the principal cause of the King's displeasure with him?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, brothers, King · What happens: be, act, displease · To what, where: principal cause
This is exam question 1 of lesson 256 «Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test» 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 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cause | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 brothers | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 5 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 prince | amod |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 prince | case |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 action | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 cause | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cause | det |
| 11 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cause | amod |
| 12 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 displeasure | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 displeasure | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 King | case |
| 17 | displeasure | displeasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cause | nmod |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 displeasure | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 cause | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | which action of the youngest prince's brothers | the principal cause | of the King's displeasure with King | tree rules | |||
| 2 | act | the youngest prince's brothers | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 3 | displease | the King | with King | nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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 brothers exchanged the prince's apples for their own without his knowledge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 exchanged | nsubj |
| 3 | exchanged | exchange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 apples | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 prince | case |
| 7 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 exchanged | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 own | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 own | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 exchanged | obl |
| 11 | without | without | ADP | _ | 13 knowledge | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 13 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exchanged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exchange | past | the brothers | the prince's apples | for brothers's own; without his knowledge | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent apple=Theme for own=Co-Theme |
Option 2
The brothers hid the youngest son's apples and told the King a false story about him
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 son | det |
| 5 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 son | amod |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 apples | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 son | case |
| 8 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hid | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 told | cc |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hid | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 told | iobj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 story | det |
| 14 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 story | amod |
| 15 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | obj |
| 16 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 story | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the brothers | the youngest son's apples | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the brothers not said here | a false story | the King | about King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient story=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The brothers replaced the prince's fruit with their own while he slept and went unnoticed
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 replaced | nsubj |
| 3 | replaced | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fruit | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 prince | case |
| 7 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 replaced | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 own | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 own | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 replaced | obl |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 slept | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 slept | nsubj |
| 13 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 replaced | advcl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 went | cc |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 replaced | conj |
| 16 | unnoticed | unnoticed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 went | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | past | the brothers | the prince's fruit | with brothers's own | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme fruit=Location with own=Co-Theme | |||
| 2 | sleep | past | he | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | go | past | the brothers not said here | unnoticed property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Stealing his apples
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 apples | nmod:poss |
| 3 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stealing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | gerund | his apples | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location apple=Theme |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/256-pg14241-part23/e1/