Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt…

What reason did the nurse give for the inaccessibility of the castle to visitors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, nurse · What happens: do, give

This is exam question 4 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nurse	det
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 inaccessibility	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inaccessibility	det
9	inaccessibility	inaccessibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inaccessibility	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 visitors	case
14	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 castle	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	reason						tree rules
2	give	present	the nurse					for the inaccessibility of the castle to visitors	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for inaccessibility=Asset

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 right answer

It had been prophesied that the princess would suffer over a lover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophesied	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophesied	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 prophesied	aux:pass
4	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 suffer	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffer	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 suffer	aux
9	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 prophesied	advcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 lover	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lover	det
12	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prophesy	past · perfect · passive		It					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	suffer	would	the princess			a lover			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It was foretold the king's daughter would be sad about a suitor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 foretold	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 foretold	aux:pass
3	foretold	foretell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sad	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 daughter	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 foretold	obj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sad	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 sad	cop
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 suitor	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 suitor	det
13	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	foretell	past · passive		It					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme daughter=Eventuality
2	is	would						about a suitor; sad property	tree rules

Option 3

It had been prophesied that the princess would suffer over a lover, so the king sealed the castle gates against every visitor

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophesied	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophesied	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 prophesied	aux:pass
4	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 suffer	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffer	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 suffer	aux
9	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 prophesied	advcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 lover	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lover	det
12	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffer	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sealed	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 sealed	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sealed	nsubj
17	sealed	seal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophesied	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gates	det
19	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gates	compound
20	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sealed	obj
21	against	against	ADP	_	23 visitor	case
22	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	23 visitor	det
23	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prophesy	past · perfect · passive		It			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	suffer	would	the princess		a lover		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	seal	past	the king	the castle gates		against every visitor	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient

Option 4

It had been prophesied that the princess would suffer over a lover, and the nurse said this was why no one may enter the castle at all.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophesied	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophesied	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 prophesied	aux:pass
4	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 suffer	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffer	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 suffer	aux
9	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 prophesied	advcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 lover	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lover	det
12	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffer	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nurse	det
16	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophesied	conj
18	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 why	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 why	cop
20	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	24 enter	advmod
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 one	det
22	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 enter	nsubj
23	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 enter	aux
24	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 said	ccomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 castle	det
26	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 enter	obj
27	at	at	ADP	_	28 all	case
28	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 enter	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prophesied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prophesy	past · perfect · passive		It			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	suffer	would	the princess		a lover		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	past	the nurse				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is	past	this			why property	tree rules
5	enter	may	no one	the castle	all		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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