Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…
Which of the following best describes the king's treatment of the prince after the baby appeared?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: baby, king · What happens: follow, describe, appear, treat · To what, where: treatment, prince
This is exam question 2 of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» 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 describes | 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 describes | nmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 treatment | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 king | case |
| 10 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 prince | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 treatment | nmod |
| 14 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 17 appeared | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 baby | det |
| 16 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 appeared | nsubj |
| 17 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 describes | advcl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 describes | 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 | describe | present | the king's treatment of the prince | of the best | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | appear | past | the baby | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | treat | the king | the prince | nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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
He gave the prince a large gift of land and silver
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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gift | det |
| 6 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gift | amod |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 land | case |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gift | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 silver | cc |
| 11 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 land | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | a large gift of land and silver | the prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient gift=Theme | |||
| 2 | gift | land and silver | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
He made the prince his heir at once
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 heir | nmod:poss |
| 6 | heir | heir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | He | his heir | the prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset prince=Beneficiary heir=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He gave the prince his daughter in marriage
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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 marriage | case |
| 8 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | his daughter | the prince | marriage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient daughter=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He ignored the prince
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 ignored | nsubj |
| 2 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ignored | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | past | He | the prince | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
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