Exam question 1 · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

By what means did the prince obtain lodging in the desert?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, obtain, lodge · To what, where: prince, desert · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obtain	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	lodging	lodge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 obtain	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 desert	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 desert	det
11	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lodging	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 obtain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the prince		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
3	obtain	present			tree rules
4	lodge	gerund		the desert	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location

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

He wished a cottage into being with the help of a bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cottage	det
4	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	9 help	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 help	cop
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 help	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 help	det
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bird	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 help	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He	a cottage					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cottage=Theme
2	is	gerund				the help		of a bird	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He summoned a castle by means of the fairy's lock of hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 means	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 castle	det
4	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 lock	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fairy	det
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lock	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 fairy	case
11	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 hair	case
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He	a castle					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Recipient
2	mean	present						of the fairy's lock of hair	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He asked a passing merchant to host him for the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
4	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 merchant	amod
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 host	mark
7	host	host	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 host	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 night	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 host	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	a passing merchant			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent merchant=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pass	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	host not said to happen	to-infinitive			him = he	night	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 4

He was given lodging by a kindly genie who lived under the dunes and had heard of his plight from the wind

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	lodging	lodge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 given	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 genie	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 genie	det
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	8 genie	advmod
8	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lodging	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lived	nsubj
10	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 genie	acl:relcl
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 dunes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dunes	det
13	dunes	dune	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lived	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 heard	cc
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 heard	aux
16	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 plight	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 plight	nmod:poss
19	plight	plight	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heard	obl
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 wind	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 wind	det
22	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		He			tree rules
2	lodge	gerund				by a genie	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by genie=Destination
3	live	past	a genie		the dunes		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under dune=Location
4	hear	past · perfect			the wind	of his plight	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent of plight=Theme from wind=Source
5	plight		his = he				nom plight «state transitive»: poss=agent

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