Exam question 2 · Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prin…
Which of the following best states the prince's reason for leaving his fatherland?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, state, leave · To what, where: best, reason, fatherland · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 690 «Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality, part 1: a cat clears the rats from the palace, and a gloomy prince sets out to find a land where no one dies» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 states | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 states | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 states | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 states | csubj |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 following | obl |
| 6 | states | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reason | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 prince | case |
| 10 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 states | obj |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 leaving | mark |
| 12 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 reason | acl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 fatherland | nmod:poss |
| 14 | fatherland | fatherland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leaving | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 states | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | best | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | state speech: other | present | the prince's reason | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | |||||
| 3 | leave | gerund | the prince's reason not said here | his fatherland | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fatherland=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 · ✓ the right answer
He is resolved to find a kingdom where death is unknown
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 resolved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 resolved | aux:pass |
| 3 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 resolved | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kingdom | det |
| 7 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 unknown | advmod |
| 9 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 unknown | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 unknown | cop |
| 11 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kingdom | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resolve | present · passive | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | a kingdom | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is | present | death | unknown property | tree rules |
Option 2
He is angry at his father and leaves to see the world without return
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 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 father | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 father | nmod:poss |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 leaves | cc |
| 8 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 see | mark |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 leaves | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 world | det |
| 12 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 see | obj |
| 13 | without | without | ADP | _ | 14 return | case |
| 14 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | at his father; angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | He not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | He not said here | the world | without return | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |
Option 3
He wishes to rule a distant land of gold and wine
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 wishes | nsubj |
| 2 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 rule | mark |
| 4 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wishes | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 6 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 land | amod |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rule | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 land | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wine | cc |
| 11 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 land | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | present | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | rule not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | a distant land of gold and wine | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
Option 4
He is determined to win a royal wife from afar
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 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 determined | cop |
| 3 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 win | mark |
| 5 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 determined | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 7 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wife | amod |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 win | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 afar | case |
| 10 | afar | afar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wife | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | He not said here | a royal wife | afar | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wife=Theme from afar=Source |
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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