Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake…

What was the first desire expressed by the stone-cutter upon seeing the rich man's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, express, see · To what, where: first desire, dwelling

This is exam question 2 of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 desire	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 desire	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 desire	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 desire	amod
5	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 desire	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 cutter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cutter	det
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cutter	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 stone	punct
11	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expressed	obl
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 seeing	mark
13	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 expressed	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dwelling	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 man	case
18	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seeing	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 desire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the first desire		tree rules
2	express	participle	the first desire not said here	by the stone cutter	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	see	gerund	the rich man's dwelling		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dwelling=Stimulus

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

To be a rich man sleeping in a silken bed inside a gold-roofed palace

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	5 man	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 man	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bed	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bed	det
9	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bed	amod
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleeping	obl
11	inside	inside	ADP	_	16 palace	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 palace	det
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 roofed	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 gold	punct
15	roofed	roof	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 palace	amod
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	to-infinitive		a rich man			tree rules
2	sleep	gerund	a rich man not said here		a silken bed	inside a roofed palace	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location
3	roof	participle					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To be a king dwelling in a marble hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	4 king	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 king	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 king	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hall	det
8	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hall	compound
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	to-infinitive		a king					tree rules
2	dwell	gerund	a king not said here			a marble hall			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

Option 3

To own a fine house with golden walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 own	mark
2	own	own	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 house	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 house	amod
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 own	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 walls	case
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walls	amod
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 own	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	to-infinitive		a fine house				with golden walls	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To be a rich man sleeping in a silken bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	5 man	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 man	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bed	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bed	det
9	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bed	amod
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	to-infinitive		a rich man					tree rules
2	sleep	gerund	a rich man not said here			a silken bed			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

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