Exam question 4 · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the…

What did the old woman request from the dragon in order to obtain the secret of his strength?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, obtain · To what, where: old woman request, order, secret

This is exam question 4 of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 request	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 request	amod
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 request	compound
6	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 dragon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragon	det
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 obtain	mark
13	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 did	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 secret	det
15	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obtain	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 strength	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 strength	nmod:poss
18	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 secret	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the old woman request		order		from the dragon	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality
2	obtain	to-infinitive		the secret of dragon's strength					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset secret=Theme

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 asked where he went, what he ate, and what magic it was that made him strong

The tree, 17 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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 went	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 ate	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ate	nsubj
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 magic	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 magic	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 magic	nsubj
13	magic	magic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 magic	obj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 made	cop
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 made	mark
17	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 made	obj
19	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	he			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	eat	past	he			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
4	magic	present		it		tree rules
5	is	past			make, strong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She asked where he went and what made him strong

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 went	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 made	cc
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obj
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	he			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	past		him = he	strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product

Option 3

She offered him her iron nose and her gold

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 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	iobj
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nose	nmod:poss
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nose	compound
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gold	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gold	nmod:poss
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	She	her iron nose and her gold	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal nose=Theme

Option 4

She asked him nicely for his secret power

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	iobj
4	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	2 asked	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 power	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 power	nmod:poss
7	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 power	amod
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She		him = he			for his secret power; nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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