Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: t…
With reference to the text, which of the following correctly records the princess whom the soldier elected to wed upon the disclosure of the secret?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text · What happens: follow, record, elect, wed, disclose · To what, where: princess, secret
This is exam question 2 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 text | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 text | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 following | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 following | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 following | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 following | det |
| 10 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 text | acl |
| 11 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 12 records | advmod |
| 12 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 following | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 princess | det |
| 14 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 records | obj |
| 15 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 elected | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 soldier | det |
| 17 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 elected | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 princess | acl:relcl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 wed | mark |
| 20 | wed | wed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 elected | xcomp |
| 21 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 23 disclosure | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 disclosure | det |
| 23 | disclosure | disclosure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wed | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 secret | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 secret | det |
| 26 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 disclosure | nmod |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | the text | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | record | present | the text not said here | the princess | correctly property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | |||
| 3 | elect | participle · passive | the princess | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | wed | to-infinitive | upon the disclosure of the secret | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | disclose | the secret | nom disclosure «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice
The second princess, chosen by the soldier for her beauty and grace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 princess | amod |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 chosen | punct |
| 5 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 princess | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 soldier | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 soldier | det |
| 8 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chosen | obl:agent |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 beauty | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 11 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 soldier | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 grace | cc |
| 13 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 beauty | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | participle | the second princess not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The youngest princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 2 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 princess | amod |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The middle princess, selected by the soldier for her kindness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 2 | middle | middle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 princess | amod |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 selected | punct |
| 5 | selected | select | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 princess | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 soldier | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 soldier | det |
| 8 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 selected | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 kindness | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 11 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 soldier | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | participle | the middle princess not said here | by the soldier for princess's kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The eldest princess, selected by the soldier on account of her age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 2 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 princess | amod |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 selected | punct |
| 5 | selected | select | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 princess | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 soldier | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 soldier | det |
| 8 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 selected | obl:agent |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 account | case |
| 10 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 selected | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 age | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 age | nmod:poss |
| 13 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 account | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | participle | the eldest princess not said here | account of princess's age | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | account | princess's age | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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