Exam question 1 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…
Which action did the queen take to obtain the distaff from the girl?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: take, obtain · To what, where: distaff
This is exam question 1 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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 | 6 take | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 take | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | nsubj |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 obtain | mark |
| 8 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 take | csubj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 distaff | det |
| 10 | distaff | distaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obtain | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 girl | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 girl | det |
| 13 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obtain | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · do-support | which action | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | obtain | to-infinitive | the distaff | from the girl | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent distaff=Theme from girl=Source |
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
She ordered her maids to hide the distaff and offered the girl gold for it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 maids | nmod:poss |
| 4 | maids | maid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hide | mark |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 distaff | det |
| 8 | distaff | distaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 offered | cc |
| 10 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ordered | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gold | det |
| 12 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gold | compound |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 offered | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 offered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | She | her maids | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent maid=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hide not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | the distaff | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distaff=Patient | ||||
| 3 | offer | past | She not said here | the girl gold | for gold | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for it=Goal |
Option 2
She drugged the king once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 drugged | nsubj |
| 2 | drugged | drug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drugged | obj |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 drugged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drug | past | She | the king | once property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Destination |
Option 3
She poisoned the king's wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 poisoned | nsubj |
| 2 | poisoned | poison | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wine | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 king | case |
| 6 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poisoned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poison | past | She | the king's wine | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She administered a soporific draught to the king on two successive nights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 administered | nsubj |
| 2 | administered | administer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 draught | det |
| 4 | soporific | soporific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 draught | amod |
| 5 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 administered | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 king | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 administered | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 nights | case |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 nights | nummod |
| 11 | successive | successive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 nights | amod |
| 12 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 administered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | administer | past | She | a soporific draught | the king | night | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent draught=Theme to king=Recipient |
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