Exam question 3 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steal…

State the precise sequence of events by which the princess was separated from the royal yacht and conveyed beneath the surface of the sea.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: events · What happens: separate, convey · To what, where: princess

This is exam question 3 of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sequence	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sequence	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sequence	amod
4	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 events	case
6	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sequence	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 separated	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separated	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 separated	aux:pass
12	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 events	acl:relcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 yacht	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 yacht	det
15	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 yacht	amod
16	yacht	yacht	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separated	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 conveyed	cc
18	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 separated	conj
19	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	21 surface	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 surface	det
21	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 conveyed	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 sea	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sea	det
24	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 surface	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	past · passive	events	the princess				from the royal yacht	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient from yacht=Co-Patient
2	convey	participle	events not said here					beneath the surface of the sea	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

The sea swallowed the yacht whole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	nsubj
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 yacht	det
5	yacht	yacht	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	obj
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swallowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	the sea	the yacht				whole property	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yacht=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The fourth Simon seized the prow of the ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Simon	det
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 Simon	amod
3	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seized	nsubj
4	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prow	det
6	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seized	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 ship	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	the fourth Simon	the prow of the ship					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prow=Theme

Option 3

The fourth Simon seized the prow of the ship and pulled it under the sea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Simon	det
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 Simon	amod
3	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seized	nsubj
4	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prow	det
6	prow	prow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seized	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 ship	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prow	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pulled	cc
11	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seized	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pulled	obj
13	under	under	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	the fourth Simon	the prow of the ship					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prow=Theme
2	pull	past	the fourth Simon not said here	prow		the sea			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

The seventh Simon stole the princess away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Simon	det
2	seventh	seventh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Simon	amod
3	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 stole	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal away	past	the seventh Simon	the princess				away property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location princess=Theme

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