Exam question 4 · Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the childre…
What task did the prince assign to the bride upon her arrival, and what outcome did he intend?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: task, outcome · What happens: do, intend, arrive · To what, where: prince assign
This is exam question 4 of lesson 698 «Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the children flee to the grove, and the prince is deceived» 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 | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 intend | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 assign | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 assign | compound |
| 6 | assign | assign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 bride | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bride | det |
| 9 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 arrival | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 12 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bride | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 intend | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 intend | cc |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 did | obj |
| 16 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 did | nsubj |
| 17 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 intend | aux |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 intend | nsubj |
| 19 | intend | intend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 19 intend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | task | the prince assign | to the bride upon task's arrival | tree rules | |||
| 2 | intend | past · do-support | outcome | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | arrive | task | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer
To weave three robes for the wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 weave | mark |
| 2 | weave | weave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 robes | nummod |
| 4 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 weave | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 wedding | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wedding | det |
| 7 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weave | to-infinitive | three robes | for the wedding | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent robe=Material for wedding=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
To weave the three wedding robes in secret so the queen cannot see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 weave | mark |
| 2 | weave | weave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 robes | det |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 robes | nummod |
| 5 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 robes | compound |
| 6 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 weave | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 secret | case |
| 8 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weave | obl |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 14 see | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 queen | det |
| 11 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 see | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 see | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 see | advmod |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 weave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weave | to-infinitive | the three wedding robes | secret | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Product | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | the queen | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
To paint the wedding banners in gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 paint | mark |
| 2 | paint | paint | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 banners | det |
| 4 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 banners | compound |
| 5 | banners | banner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 paint | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 paint | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | to-infinitive | the wedding banners | gold | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent banner=Theme in gold=Destination |
Option 4
To weave three robes and then be sent back to the queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 weave | mark |
| 2 | weave | weave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sent | advcl |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 robes | nummod |
| 4 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 weave | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sent | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 sent | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sent | aux:pass |
| 8 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 sent | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 queen | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 queen | det |
| 12 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weave | to-infinitive | three robes | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Product | |||||
| 2 | send back | infinitive · passive | the queen | then | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to queen=Destination |
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