Exam question 3 · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…
Identify the character who first proposes the marriage in the second tale.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, character · What happens: identify, propose · To what, where: character, marriage, second tale
This is exam question 3 of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 character | det |
| 3 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 proposes | nsubj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 proposes | advmod |
| 6 | proposes | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 character | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 marriage | det |
| 8 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proposes | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 tale | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tale | det |
| 11 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 tale | amod |
| 12 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proposes | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the character | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | ||||
| 2 | propose | present | the character | the marriage | the second tale | first property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme |
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 Sultan, who offers the girl to Abu Nowas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sultan | det |
| 2 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 offers | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 offers | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 offers | nsubj |
| 5 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offers | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Abu | case |
| 9 | Abu | Abu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 girl | nmod |
| 10 | Nowas | Nowas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Abu | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present | the Sultan | the girl | Abu | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to abu=Goal |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Sultana, who proposes the girl to Abu Nowas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sultana | det |
| 2 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 proposes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 proposes | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 proposes | nsubj |
| 5 | proposes | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proposes | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Abu | case |
| 9 | Abu | Abu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 girl | nmod |
| 10 | Nowas | Nowas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Abu | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | propose | present | the Sultana | the girl | Abu | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to abu=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The bridegroom, who asks the Sultana for the girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bridegroom | det |
| 2 | bridegroom | bridegroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 bridegroom | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sultana | det |
| 7 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | the bridegroom | the Sultana | for the girl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sultana=Recipient |
Option 4
The Sultana's maid, who suggests the marriage to Abu Nowas in the garden
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sultana | det |
| 2 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 maid | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Sultana | case |
| 4 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 suggests | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 suggests | nsubj |
| 7 | suggests | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 maid | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 marriage | det |
| 9 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 suggests | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Abu | case |
| 11 | Abu | Abu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 suggests | obl |
| 12 | Nowas | Nowas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Abu | flat |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 garden | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 garden | det |
| 15 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 suggests | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | present | the Sultana's maid | the marriage | Abu | the garden | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent marriage=Topic to abu=Recipient |
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