Exam question 3 · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…

State the number of apples furnished by the queen and the manner in which each was to be divided.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, furnish, divide · To what, where: number, apples, manner

This is exam question 3 of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» 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 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 apples	case
5	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 apples	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 queen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furnished	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 manner	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 manner	det
12	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 queen	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 divided	obl
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	19 divided	advmod
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 divided	aux:pass
17	to	to	PART	_	19 divided	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 divided	aux:pass
19	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 manner	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the number of apples			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic
2	furnish	participle		apples not said here		by the queen and the manner	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	divide	past · passive			the manner		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

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

Three apples given by the queen, each cut into unequal halves by the prince at every inn

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 apples	nummod
2	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 apples	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 queen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cut	punct
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 cut	nsubj:pass
9	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 apples	acl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 halves	case
11	unequal	unequal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 halves	compound
12	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cut	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 prince	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prince	det
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 inn	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 inn	det
18	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		Three apples not said here				by the queen	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	cut	participle · passive	the prince	each		unequal halves		at every inn	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent subject=Material into half=Product

Option 2

Three apples, each cut into unequal halves and shared among the three youths on the road

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 apples	nummod
2	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 apples	punct
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 cut	nsubj:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 halves	case
7	unequal	unequal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 halves	compound
8	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shared	cc
10	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cut	conj
11	among	among	ADP	_	14 youths	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 youths	det
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 youths	nummod
14	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 shared	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 road	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 road	det
17	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 youths	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle · passive		Three apples		unequal halves			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into half=Product
2	share	participle						among the three youths on the road	tree rules

Option 3

Three apples, each divided into equal halves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 apples	nummod
2	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 divided	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 apples	punct
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 divided	nsubj:pass
5	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 halves	case
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 halves	amod
8	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 divided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	participle · passive		Three apples		equal halves			vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Three apples, each cut into unequal halves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 apples	nummod
2	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 apples	punct
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 cut	nsubj:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 halves	case
7	unequal	unequal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 halves	compound
8	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle · passive		Three apples		unequal halves			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into half=Product

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