Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre…
Which of the following best characterises the motive of the prince in releasing the gold-bearded man from confinement?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best · What happens: follow, characteris, release · To what, where: motive, bearded man, confinement
This is exam question 3 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 characterises | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 best | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 best | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 best | case |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 characterises | nsubj |
| 6 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 motive | det |
| 8 | motive | motive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 characterises | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 prince | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 motive | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 13 releasing | mark |
| 13 | releasing | release | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 characterises | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 man | det |
| 15 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bearded | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 gold | punct |
| 17 | bearded | bearded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 man | amod |
| 18 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 releasing | obj |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 confinement | case |
| 20 | confinement | confinement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 man | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the best | the motive of the prince | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | release | gerund | the best not said here | the bearded man | confinement | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer man=Source |
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
He was moved by compassion, having a tender heart that pitied the sorrows of others
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 moved | aux:pass |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 compassion | case |
| 5 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 having | punct |
| 7 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 moved | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 heart | det |
| 9 | tender | tender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 heart | compound |
| 10 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 having | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 pitied | nsubj |
| 12 | pitied | pity | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 heart | acl:relcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sorrows | det |
| 14 | sorrows | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 pitied | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 others | case |
| 16 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 sorrows | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | compassion | He | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | compassion not said here | a tender heart | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 3 | pity | past | a tender heart | the sorrows of others | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sorrow=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | sorrow | others | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He hoped to be rewarded with gold and land by the man he set free from the cage
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hoped | nsubj |
| 2 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 rewarded | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rewarded | aux:pass |
| 5 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 hoped | xcomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rewarded | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 land | cc |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gold | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 man | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 man | det |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rewarded | obl |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 set | nsubj |
| 14 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 man | acl:relcl |
| 15 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 set | xcomp |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 cage | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cage | det |
| 18 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | He | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reward not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | the man | with gold and land | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | ||||
| 3 | set | past | man | the man not said here | the cage | free property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient man=Result |
Option 3
He was moved by pity for the man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 moved | aux:pass |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 pity | case |
| 5 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 man | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | pity | He | for the man | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result |
Option 4
He wanted gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | gold | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |
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