Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23:…
At which location did the headsman abandon the prince rather than carry out the sentence of execution?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: headsman · What happens: do, abandon, carry out, sentence · To what, where: location, prince, sentence, execution
This is exam question 2 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 location | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 location | det |
| 3 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 headsman | det |
| 6 | headsman | headsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 abandon | nsubj |
| 7 | abandon | abandon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 did | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 abandon | obj |
| 10 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 12 carry | cc |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 rather | fixed |
| 12 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 abandon | conj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 carry | compound:prt |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sentence | det |
| 15 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carry | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 execution | case |
| 17 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sentence | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which location | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | abandon | infinitive | the headsman | the prince | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme prince=Source | ||||
| 3 | carry out | infinitive | the headsman not said here | the sentence of execution | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | sentence | execution | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
In a dark forest on the far side of the river, well away from the town and castle walls
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 forest | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 forest | det |
| 3 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 forest | amod |
| 4 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 side | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 side | det |
| 7 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 side | amod |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forest | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 river | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 river | det |
| 11 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 side | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 away | punct |
| 13 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 away | advmod |
| 14 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 forest | advmod |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 town | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 town | det |
| 17 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 away | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 walls | cc |
| 19 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 walls | compound |
| 20 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 town | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
On a hill beyond the castle gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 hill | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hill | det |
| 3 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gate | compound |
| 7 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hill | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
In a forest not far from the town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 forest | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 forest | det |
| 3 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 far | advmod |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 forest | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 town | det |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 far | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
In a dense forest not far from the town, where he left him to fend for himself
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 forest | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 forest | det |
| 3 | dense | dense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 forest | amod |
| 4 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 town | obl |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 far | advmod |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 town | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 town | det |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 left | punct |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 left | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 left | nsubj |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 town | acl:relcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 left | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 fend | mark |
| 16 | fend | fend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 left | xcomp |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 himself | case |
| 18 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 16 fend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | he | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fend | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | for himself = he | tree rules |
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.
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