Exam question 3 · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…
State the reason the fox gives for the absence of servants in the castle when the king enquires.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox, king · What happens: give, enquire, absent · To what, where: reason, servants
This is exam question 3 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | appos |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fox | det |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | nsubj |
| 6 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reason | acl:relcl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 absence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 absence | det |
| 9 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 servants | case |
| 11 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 absence | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 castle | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 castle | det |
| 14 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 servants | nmod |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 18 enquires | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 enquires | nsubj |
| 18 | enquires | enquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gives | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | the fox | the reason not said here | for the absence of servants in the castle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for absence=Asset | |||
| 2 | enquire speech: other | present | the king | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | absent | servants in the castle | nom absence «state transitive»: 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
The princess wished to hire them later herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | nsubj |
| 3 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hire | mark |
| 5 | hire | hire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wished | xcomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hire | obj |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 hire | advmod |
| 8 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 hire | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | the princess | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hire not said to happen | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | them = they | princess obl; late property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Count wished the princess to choose them herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Count | det |
| 2 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | nsubj |
| 3 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wished | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 choose | mark |
| 7 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wished | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 choose | obj |
| 9 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 choose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | the Count | the princess | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme | ||||
| 2 | choose | to-infinitive | the Count not said here | them = they | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary herself=Theme |
Option 3
The Count said the king's men should choose them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Count | det |
| 2 | Count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 men | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 choose | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 choose | aux |
| 9 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 choose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Count | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | choose | should | the king's men | them = they | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
The princess picks them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 picks | nsubj |
| 3 | picks | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 picks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | present | the princess | them = they | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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