Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre…
In what manner did the soldiers attempt to bring about the downfall of the prince on the second occasion described in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldiers · What happens: do, attempt, bring, describe · To what, where: manner, second occasion, passage
This is exam question 2 of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 soldiers | det |
| 6 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 attempt | nsubj |
| 7 | attempt | attempt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 bring | mark |
| 9 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 attempt | xcomp |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 downfall | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 downfall | det |
| 12 | downfall | downfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bring | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 prince | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 prince | det |
| 15 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 downfall | nmod |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 occasion | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 occasion | det |
| 18 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 occasion | amod |
| 19 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bring | obl |
| 20 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 occasion | acl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 passage | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 passage | det |
| 23 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 described | obl |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what manner | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | attempt | present | the soldiers | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | bring not said to happen | to-infinitive | the soldiers not said here | the second occasion | about the downfall of the prince | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on occasion=Destination | |||
| 4 | describe | participle | the second occasion not said here | the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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
They asked the king to try him by dropping a ring into a nearby brook
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asked | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 try | mark |
| 6 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 asked | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 try | obj |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 dropping | mark |
| 9 | dropping | drop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 try | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ring | det |
| 11 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dropping | obj |
| 12 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 brook | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 brook | det |
| 14 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 brook | amod |
| 15 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dropping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | They | the king | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | try not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | king | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | drop | gerund | They not said here | a ring | a nearby brook | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme into brook=Destination |
Option 2
They lied about the grain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lied | nsubj |
| 2 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 grain | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 grain | det |
| 5 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | They | about the grain | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about grain=Location |
Option 3
They suggested a ring test in a brook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 suggested | nsubj |
| 2 | suggested | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 test | det |
| 4 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 test | compound |
| 5 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 suggested | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 brook | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 brook | det |
| 8 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 suggested | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | past | They | a ring test | a brook | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent test=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They proposed that the king test him by having a ring thrown into a brook
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 proposed | nsubj |
| 2 | proposed | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 test | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 test | nsubj |
| 6 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 proposed | ccomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 test | obj |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 having | mark |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 test | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ring | det |
| 11 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 having | obj |
| 12 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 having | xcomp |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 brook | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 brook | det |
| 15 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | propose | past | They | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | test | infinitive | the king | him = he | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | the king not said here | a ring | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | throw | participle | a ring not said here | into a brook result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into brook=Result |
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