Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ri…
Pursuant to the prince's expressed wish, which object enabled his instantaneous conveyance to the terminus of the world?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, prince · What happens: express, enable, wish, convey · To what, where: instantaneous conveyance
This is exam question 1 of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» 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 | Pursuant | pursuant | ADV | _ | 11 enabled | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 wish | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wish | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 prince | case |
| 6 | expressed | express | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 wish | amod |
| 7 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 enabled | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 enabled | punct |
| 9 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 10 object | det |
| 10 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 enabled | nsubj |
| 11 | enabled | enable | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 conveyance | nmod:poss |
| 13 | instantaneous | instantaneous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 conveyance | amod |
| 14 | conveyance | conveyance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 enabled | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 terminus | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 terminus | det |
| 17 | terminus | terminus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 enabled | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 world | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 world | det |
| 20 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 terminus | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 enabled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | participle | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | enable | past | which object | object's instantaneous conveyance | to the prince's expressed wish; to the terminus of the world; pursuant property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | wish | the prince | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | convey | object | nom conveyance «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer
The gold ring bestowed upon him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ring | det |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ring | compound |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | bestowed | bestow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ring | acl |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bestowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bestow | participle | the gold ring not said here | upon him = he | tree rules |
Option 2
The old map he had found
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 map | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 map | amod |
| 3 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 found | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 map | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · perfect | he | the old map not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic |
Option 3
The silver key given to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 key | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 key | amod |
| 3 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 key | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | the silver key not said here | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The enchanted gold ring bestowed upon him by the wise old king of the mountains
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ring | det |
| 2 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ring | amod |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ring | compound |
| 4 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | bestowed | bestow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ring | acl |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bestowed | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 10 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 king | amod |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 king | amod |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bestowed | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 mountains | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mountains | det |
| 15 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 king | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | bestow | participle | the enchanted gold ring not said here | upon him = he; by the wise old king of the mountains | tree rules |
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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