Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: t…
Which of the following accurately identifies the object which the soldier retained as evidence of his nocturnal attendance at the subterranean castle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldier · What happens: follow, identify, retain, evidence, attend · To what, where: object, nocturnal attendance, subterranean castle
This is exam question 1 of lesson 733 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: the soldier wins a princess, and the fisherman's wife starts asking for more» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 object | det |
| 8 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 retained | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 soldier | det |
| 11 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 retained | nsubj |
| 12 | retained | retain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 object | acl:relcl |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 evidence | case |
| 14 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 retained | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 attendance | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 attendance | nmod:poss |
| 17 | nocturnal | nocturnal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 attendance | amod |
| 18 | attendance | attendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 evidence | nmod |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 castle | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 castle | det |
| 21 | subterranean | subterranean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 castle | compound |
| 22 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 attendance | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | identify | present | the object | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 3 | retain | participle · passive | the object | as evidence of soldier's nocturnal attendance at the subterranean castle | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | evidence | soldier's nocturnal attendance at the subterranean castle | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | attend | soldier | the subterranean castle | nom attendance «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |
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
A silver plate kept on the second night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 plate | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plate | compound |
| 3 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 plate | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 7 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 night | amod |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | participle | a silver plate not said here | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A golden cup and a silver goblet, both taken on the third night from the princesses' table
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cup | amod |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 goblet | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 goblet | det |
| 6 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 goblet | amod |
| 7 | goblet | goblet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 taken | punct |
| 9 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 10 taken | cc:preconj |
| 10 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cup | acl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 night | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 night | det |
| 13 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 night | amod |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taken | obl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 table | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 princesses | det |
| 17 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 table | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 17 princesses | case |
| 19 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | participle | a golden cup and a silver goblet not said here | the princesses's table | night | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from table=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A golden cup, taken on the third night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cup | amod |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 taken | punct |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cup | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 night | det |
| 8 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 night | amod |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | participle | a golden cup not said here | night | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A golden cup, taken on the third night from the table in the great hall of the castle
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cup | amod |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 taken | punct |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cup | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 night | det |
| 8 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 night | amod |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 table | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 table | det |
| 12 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 night | nmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 hall | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hall | det |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hall | amod |
| 16 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 castle | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 castle | det |
| 19 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hall | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | participle | a golden cup not said here | the great hall of the castle | night | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |
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