Exam question 2 · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

What was the purpose of the prince's journey after his servant was petrified?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, journey, prince · What happens: be, petrify, purpose, journey · To what, where: servant

This is exam question 2 of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 journey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 journey	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 prince	case
9	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 petrified	mark
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 servant	nmod:poss
12	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 petrified	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 petrified	aux:pass
14	petrified	petrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 journey	acl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the purpose of the prince's journey		tree rules
2	petrify	past · passive	the prince's journey not said here	his servant	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	purpose		the prince's journey		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	journey		the prince		nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

To seek Lucky Luck and obtain a remedy for the servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Luck	compound
4	Luck	Luck	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 obtain	cc
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 seek	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 remedy	det
8	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 servant	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		Lucky Luck					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme
2	obtain	infinitive		a remedy				for the servant	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme for servant=Asset

Option 2

To escape the king's gallows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 escape	mark
2	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gallows	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	gallows	gallows	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	to-infinitive		the king's gallows					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gallows=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To seek Lucky Luck and obtain a remedy for the servant's stone form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Luck	compound
4	Luck	Luck	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 obtain	cc
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 seek	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 remedy	det
8	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	14 form	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 form	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 servant	case
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 form	compound
14	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		Lucky Luck		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme
2	obtain	infinitive		a remedy	for the servant's stone form	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme for form=Asset
3	form		the servant			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To seek Lucky Luck, the wise man, and obtain a remedy for his loyal servant

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj
4	Luck	Luck	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Lucky	flat
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 man	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Lucky	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 obtain	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 obtain	cc
11	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 seek	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 remedy	det
13	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obtain	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 servant	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 servant	nmod:poss
16	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 servant	amod
17	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		Lucky and the wise man					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lucky=Theme
2	obtain	infinitive		a remedy				for man's loyal servant	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme for servant=Asset

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