Exam question 4 · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…
State the manner in which the real prince was removed from the throne hall.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, remove · To what, where: manner, real prince
This is exam question 4 of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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 | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 removed | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 prince | amod |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 removed | aux:pass |
| 10 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 manner | acl:relcl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 hall | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hall | det |
| 13 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hall | compound |
| 14 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 removed | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the manner | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic | ||||
| 2 | remove | past · passive | the real prince | the manner | from the throne hall | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from hall=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 · ← Mova's choice
He was carried away.
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 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | aux:pass |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 carried | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry away | past · passive | He | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He was dragged from the hall by order of his father.
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 dragged | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dragged | aux:pass |
| 3 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 hall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hall | det |
| 6 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dragged | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 order | case |
| 8 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dragged | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 father | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 father | nmod:poss |
| 11 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 order | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dragged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past · passive | order of his father | He | the hall | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from hall=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | order | his father | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
He was pulled out of the throne room by his father's men.
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 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pulled | aux:pass |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 room | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 room | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 room | det |
| 7 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 room | compound |
| 8 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 men | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 father | nmod:poss |
| 11 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 men | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 father | case |
| 13 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pulled | obl:agent |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | past · passive | his father's men | He | the throne room | tree rules |
Option 4
He was dragged out.
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 dragged | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dragged | aux:pass |
| 3 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 dragged | compound:prt |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dragged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag out | past · passive | He | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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