Exam question 4 · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

By what means does the king finally secure the gold-bearded man, and where is he confined?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, secure, confine · To what, where: king, bearded man, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 confined	advcl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 secure	advmod
8	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bearded	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 gold	punct
12	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secure	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 confined	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 confined	cc
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	19 confined	advmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 confined	aux:pass
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 confined	nsubj
19	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 confined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present	the king		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
3	secure	present	the bearded man	finally property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition man=Theme
4	confine	present · passive	man		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

by a clever trap laid with drugged wine, then bound in a cage of gold

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 trap	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trap	det
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trap	amod
4	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trap	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 wine	case
7	drugged	drug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 wine	amod
8	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laid	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bound	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 bound	advmod
11	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trap	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cage	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cage	det
14	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bound	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 gold	case
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	participle	a clever trap not said here			with drugged wine	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	drug	participle					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	bind	participle	a clever trap not said here	a cage of gold	then		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

by a clever plot of wine, in chains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 plot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plot	det
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plot	amod
4	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wine	case
6	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plot	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chains	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 chains	case
9	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plot	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plot			wine					nom plot «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by drugged wine, in a golden cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 wine	case
2	drugged	drug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wine	amod
3	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wine	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 cage	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cage	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cage	amod
8	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wine	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drug	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

by a rope and a trap, in chains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 rope	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 trap	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trap	det
6	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rope	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chains	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 chains	case
9	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rope	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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