Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza sp…

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the protagonist is prohibited from vocalising during the undertaking?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, describe, prohibit, vocalis · To what, where: reason, protagonist

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1023 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza spins nettles in silence, is taken to the king's castle, and is made queen while she still cannot speak.» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 protagonist	det
10	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 prohibited	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 prohibited	aux:pass
12	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reason	acl:relcl
13	from	from	SCONJ	_	14 vocalising	mark
14	vocalising	vocalis	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 prohibited	advcl
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 undertaking	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 undertaking	det
17	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 vocalising	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	prohibit	present · passive	the reason not said here	the protagonist			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	vocalis	gerund	the reason not said here		during the undertaking		tree rules

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

Speaking aloud would break the enchantment and cause the death of her brothers, which the archbishop has forbidden

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 break	csubj
2	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	1 Speaking	advmod
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 break	aux
4	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enchantment	det
6	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cause	cc
8	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 break	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 death	det
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 brothers	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brothers	nmod:poss
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 death	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 forbidden	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 forbidden	nsubj:pass
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 archbishop	det
17	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 forbidden	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 forbidden	aux
19	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 brothers	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund			aloud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	would	Speaking	the enchantment		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient
3	cause	infinitive	Speaking not said here	the death of her brothers		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
4	forbid	present · perfect · passive		her brothers		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	die		her brothers			nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Her voice would summon a curse upon the entire kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 voice	nmod:poss
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summon	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 summon	aux
4	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 curse	det
6	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summon	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 kingdom	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kingdom	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kingdom	amod
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	would	Her voice	a curse				upon the entire kingdom	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her first spoken word would cause the death of her brothers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 word	nmod:poss
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 word	amod
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 word	amod
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cause	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cause	aux
6	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 death	det
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cause	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 brothers	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brothers	nmod:poss
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cause	would	Her first spoken word	the death of word's brothers	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
3	word		Her = she		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	die		word's brothers		nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Her first spoken word would irreversibly cause the death of her six brothers, who are bound by the curse

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 word	nmod:poss
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 word	amod
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 word	amod
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cause	aux
6	irreversibly	irreversibly	ADV	_	7 cause	advmod
7	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 brothers	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brothers	nmod:poss
12	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 brothers	nummod
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 death	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bound	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 bound	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 bound	aux:pass
17	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 brothers	acl:relcl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 curse	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 curse	det
20	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cause	would	Her first spoken word	the death of word's six brothers	irreversibly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
3	bind	present · passive	the curse	word's six brothers		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
4	word		Her = she			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	die		word's six brothers			nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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