Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier'…
By what means does the soldier obtain the kingdom at the conclusion of this passage?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldier · What happens: mean, obtain, conclude · To what, where: kingdom, conclusion, passage · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 obtain | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 soldier | det |
| 6 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | nsubj |
| 7 | obtain | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 kingdom | det |
| 9 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 conclusion | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 conclusion | det |
| 12 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 passage | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 passage | det |
| 15 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 conclusion | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | obtain | present · do-support | the soldier | the kingdom | the conclusion of this passage | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kingdom=Theme | |||
| 3 | conclude | this passage | nom conclusion «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer
Through the manikin's intervention, which compels the king to surrender his realm and daughter
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 5 intervention | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manikin | det |
| 3 | manikin | manikin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 intervention | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 manikin | case |
| 5 | intervention | intervention | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 compels | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 compels | nsubj |
| 8 | compels | compel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 intervention | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 compels | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 surrender | mark |
| 12 | surrender | surrender | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 compels | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 realm | nmod:poss |
| 14 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 surrender | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 daughter | cc |
| 16 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 realm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compel | present | the manikin's intervention | the king | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ||||
| 2 | surrender | to-infinitive | the manikin's intervention not said here | king's realm and daughter | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent realm=Theme | ||||
| 3 | intervene | the manikin | nom intervention «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
By marrying the princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 marrying | mark |
| 2 | marrying | marry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 marrying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | gerund | the princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
Option 3
Through a long campaign of war, which obliges the king to abdicate his throne and his crown entirely
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 4 campaign | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 campaign | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 campaign | amod |
| 4 | campaign | campaign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obliges | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 war | case |
| 6 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 campaign | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 obliges | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 obliges | nsubj |
| 9 | obliges | oblige | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obliges | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 abdicate | mark |
| 13 | abdicate | abdicate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 obliges | advcl |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 throne | nmod:poss |
| 15 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 abdicate | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 crown | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 crown | nmod:poss |
| 18 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 throne | conj |
| 19 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 13 abdicate | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oblige | present | the king | a long campaign of war | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ||||
| 2 | abdicate | to-infinitive | king's throne and king's crown | entirely property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Source | ||||
| 3 | campaign | war | nom campaign «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 4 | crown | king | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
By force of arms, which compels the king to yield his realm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 force | case |
| 2 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 compels | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 arms | case |
| 4 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 force | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 compels | punct |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 compels | nsubj |
| 7 | compels | compel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 compels | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 yield | mark |
| 11 | yield | yield | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 compels | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 realm | nmod:poss |
| 13 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 yield | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compel | present | the king | by force of arms | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ||||
| 2 | yield | to-infinitive | king's realm | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent realm=Theme |
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