Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant
Which action did the giant perform in order to restore the prince's sight?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, prince · What happens: do, restore, sight · To what, where: giant perform, order, sight
This is exam question 1 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 perform | det |
| 5 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 perform | amod |
| 6 | perform | perform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 order | case |
| 8 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 restore | mark |
| 10 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 did | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prince | det |
| 12 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sight | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 prince | case |
| 14 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 restore | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which action | the giant perform | order | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perform=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | restore | to-infinitive | which action not said here | the prince's sight | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sight | the prince | nom sight «cognition 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
He bathed the eyes in a magic spring and then replaced them
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 bathed | nsubj |
| 2 | bathed | bath | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eyes | det |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bathed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 spring | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spring | det |
| 7 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spring | compound |
| 8 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bathed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 replaced | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 replaced | advmod |
| 11 | replaced | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bathed | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 replaced | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bath | past | He | the eyes | spring | tree rules | |||
| 2 | replace | past | He not said here | eyes = eye | then | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |
Option 2
He soaked the eyes in a healing potion and then placed them back carefully
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 soaked | nsubj |
| 2 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eyes | det |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 soaked | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 potion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 potion | det |
| 7 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 potion | compound |
| 8 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soaked | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 placed | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 placed | advmod |
| 11 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 soaked | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 placed | obj |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 placed | advmod |
| 14 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 11 placed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | participle | He | the eyes | in a healing potion | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Destination in potion=Theme | |||
| 2 | place back | past | He not said here | eyes = eye | then | carefully property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3
He rinsed the eyes and set them back
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 rinsed | nsubj |
| 2 | rinsed | rinse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eyes | det |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rinsed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 set | cc |
| 6 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 rinsed | conj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 set | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 set | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rinse | past | He | the eyes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | ||||
| 2 | set back | infinitive | He not said here | eyes = eye | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He washed the eyes and replaced them
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 washed | nsubj |
| 2 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eyes | det |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 washed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 replaced | cc |
| 6 | replaced | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 washed | conj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 replaced | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | past | He | the eyes | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 2 | replace | past | He not said here | eyes = eye | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |
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