Exam question 4 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…
What precaution did the servant urge upon the prince at the Gold Stream bridge?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: precaution · What happens: do · To what, where: servant urge, Stream bridge
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 precaution | det |
| 2 | precaution | precaution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 urge | det |
| 5 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 urge | compound |
| 6 | urge | urge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 prince | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 bridge | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bridge | det |
| 12 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Stream | compound |
| 13 | Stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bridge | compound |
| 14 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what precaution | the servant urge | the Stream bridge | upon the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent urge=Eventuality |
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 begged the prince to stop
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 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 begged | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 begged | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | He | the prince | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He entreated the prince to abandon the carriage and proceed on foot
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 entreated | nsubj |
| 2 | entreated | entreat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 entreated | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 abandon | mark |
| 6 | abandon | abandon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 entreated | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 carriage | det |
| 8 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 abandon | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 proceed | cc |
| 10 | proceed | proceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 abandon | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 foot | case |
| 12 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 proceed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entreat | past | He | the prince | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | abandon | to-infinitive | He not said here | the carriage | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme carriage=Source | ||||
| 3 | proceed | infinitive | He not said here | foot | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He warned the prince to slow the horses and check the timbers
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 warned | nsubj |
| 2 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 warned | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 slow | mark |
| 6 | slow | slow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 warned | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 horses | det |
| 8 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 slow | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 check | cc |
| 10 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slow | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 timbers | det |
| 12 | timbers | timber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | past | He | the prince | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | slow | to-infinitive | the horses | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | |||||
| 3 | check | infinitive | the timbers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timber=Theme |
Option 4
He advised the prince to cross slowly and keep the horses calm
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 advised | nsubj |
| 2 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 advised | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 cross | mark |
| 6 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 advised | ccomp |
| 7 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 6 cross | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 keep | cc |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cross | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horses | det |
| 11 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 keep | obj |
| 12 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advise speech: other | past | He | the prince | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cross not said to happen | to-infinitive | slowly property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | keep | infinitive | the horses | calm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
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