Exam question 3 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Boy Who Kept His Secret, part 1…

By what means did the princess convey provisions to the captive?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: mean, convey · To what, where: provisions, captive

This is exam question 3 of lesson 671 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Boy Who Kept His Secret, part 11: walled up in a tower, fed in secret» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 convey	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 convey	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	nsubj
7	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 convey	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 captive	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 captive	det
11	captive	captive	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 convey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	convey	past · do-support	the princess	provisions	the captive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent provision=Topic to captive=Recipient

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

Hidden within barrels of wine that were rolled into the tower every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 barrels	amod
2	within	within	ADP	_	3 barrels	case
3	barrels	barrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 wine	case
5	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barrels	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 rolled	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rolled	aux:pass
8	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wine	acl:relcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 tower	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tower	det
11	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past · passive		wine		the tower	night		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into tower=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Through an aperture bored in the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 aperture	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 aperture	det
3	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 aperture	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	participle		a aperture not said here		the wall			vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wall=Location

Option 3

Lowered each morning in a basket from the high tower roof by her maid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lowered	lower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 morning	det
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lowered	obl:unmarked
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 basket	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 basket	det
6	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lowered	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 roof	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 roof	amod
10	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roof	compound
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 basket	nmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 maid	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 maid	nmod:poss
14	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lowered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	participle				a basket from the high tower roof	morning	by her maid	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent in basket=Destination by maid=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Across the courtyard by a hidden servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Across	across	ADP	_	3 courtyard	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 courtyard	det
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servant	amod
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtyard	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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