Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…
What motivated the emperor's decision to assist in the search for the maiden?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: emperor · What happens: motivate, assist, decide · To what, where: decision, search
This is exam question 1 of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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 motivated | nsubj |
| 2 | motivated | motivate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 decision | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 emperor | case |
| 6 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 motivated | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 assist | mark |
| 8 | assist | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 motivated | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 search | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 search | det |
| 11 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 assist | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 maiden | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 maiden | det |
| 14 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 search | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 motivated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | motivate | past | the emperor's decision | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Patient | |||||
| 2 | assist | to-infinitive | the search for the maiden | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | decide | the emperor | nom decision «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Paternal affection for his son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paternal | Paternal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 affection | compound |
| 2 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 son | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 affection | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A desire to reward the old couple for their loyal service and to prove his power across the land
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 desire | det |
| 2 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reward | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 reward | mark |
| 4 | reward | reward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 couple | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 couple | amod |
| 7 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reward | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 service | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 service | nmod:poss |
| 10 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 service | amod |
| 11 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reward | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 prove | cc |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 prove | mark |
| 14 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reward | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 power | nmod:poss |
| 16 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 prove | obj |
| 17 | across | across | ADP | _ | 19 land | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 land | det |
| 19 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 prove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reward | to-infinitive | a desire | the old couple | for their loyal service | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent couple=Theme for service=Attribute | |||
| 2 | prove | to-infinitive | a desire not said here | desire's power | the land | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | |||
| 3 | service | their = they | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Pride in his royal bloodline
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bloodline | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bloodline | nmod:poss |
| 4 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bloodline | amod |
| 5 | bloodline | bloodline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pride | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Concern that the lost girl might be a spy sent by his enemies to steal the imperial treasure
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concern | concern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spy | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 girl | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 girl | amod |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Concern | acl |
| 6 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 spy | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 spy | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 spy | det |
| 9 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 spy | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 enemies | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 13 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sent | obl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 steal | mark |
| 15 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sent | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 treasure | det |
| 17 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 treasure | amod |
| 18 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 steal | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | might | Concern | a spy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | send | participle | a spy not said here | by his enemies | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | steal | to-infinitive | the imperial treasure | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasure=Theme |
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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