Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prin…

Which of the following accurately describes the purpose of the box given to the prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: box · What happens: follow, describe, give, purpose · To what, where: purpose, box, prince

This is exam question 3 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 box	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 box	det
11	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purpose	nmod
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 box	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 prince	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prince	det
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the purpose of the box		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
3	give	participle		the box not said here	the prince		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient
4	purpose		the box				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

It will bring him home whenever his father the king commands him to return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bring	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bring	aux
3	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bring	obj
5	home	home	ADV	_	3 bring	advmod
6	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	11 commands	mark
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 commands	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 father	appos
11	commands	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bring	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 commands	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 return	mark
14	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 commands	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	bring	future	It		him = he	home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	command	present	his father	king			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	his father not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It hides him from enemies when he sleeps in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 enemies	case
5	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hides	obl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 sleeps	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sleeps	nsubj
8	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hides	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	It	him = he		enemies			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient from enemy=Beneficiary
2	sleep	present	he			the forest			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location

Option 3

It holds the princess's picture and will open only when he dies at sea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picture	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 princess	case
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 open	cc
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 open	aux
9	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 holds	conj
10	only	only	ADV	_	13 dies	advmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 dies	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dies	nsubj
13	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 open	advcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 sea	case
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hold	present	It	the princess's picture		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme
2	open	future				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	die	present	he		sea	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It will transport him swiftly when he is weary of travelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transport	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 transport	aux
3	transport	transport	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transport	obj
5	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	3 transport	advmod
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 weary	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 weary	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 weary	cop
9	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 transport	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 travelling	case
11	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weary	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transport	future	It	him = he				swiftly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	is	present	he					of travelling; weary property	tree rules

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