Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa…
Identify the stated motive of the King in directing the Queen to consult the witch.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, state, direct, consult · To what, where: stated motive, Queen, witch
This is exam question 2 of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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 | 4 motive | det |
| 3 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 motive | amod |
| 4 | motive | motive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 King | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 motive | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 9 directing | mark |
| 9 | directing | direct | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Identify | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Queen | det |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 directing | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 consult | mark |
| 13 | consult | consult | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 directing | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 witch | det |
| 15 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 consult | obj |
| 16 | . | . | 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 stated motive of the King | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme | ||||
| 2 | state speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | direct | gerund | you not said here | the Queen | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | ||||
| 4 | consult | to-infinitive | you not said here | the witch | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=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
He wanted a daughter to marry a prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 daughter | det |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 marry | mark |
| 6 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 marry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | a daughter | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | a daughter not said here | a prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |
Option 2
He hoped to win the witch's favour and power
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hoped | nsubj |
| 2 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hoped | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 favour | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 witch | case |
| 8 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 power | cc |
| 10 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 favour | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | He | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | win not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the witch's favour and power | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | favour | the witch | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He wished to secure a rival for the throne
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 secure | mark |
| 4 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rival | det |
| 6 | rival | rival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 secure | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 throne | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 throne | det |
| 9 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 secure | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | secure not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | a rival | for the throne | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition rival=Theme for throne=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He desired an heir to inherit his magic and rule his kingdom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 desired | nsubj |
| 2 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 heir | det |
| 4 | heir | heir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 desired | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 inherit | mark |
| 6 | inherit | inherit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 desired | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 magic | nmod:poss |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 inherit | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 rule | cc |
| 10 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 inherit | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 12 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rule | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desire | past | He | a heir | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | inherit not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | his magic | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rule | infinitive | He not said here | his kingdom | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=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.
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