Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

Which of the following describes the mother's treatment of the youngest daughter?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: follow, describe, treat · To what, where: treatment, youngest daughter

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treatment	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mother	case
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 daughter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 daughter	det
12	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 daughter	amod
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treatment	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the mother's treatment of the youngest daughter	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme
3	treat		the mother	the youngest daughter	nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent 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

She let her eat at the table and rest often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eat	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rest	cc
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 table	conj
10	often	often	ADV	_	2 let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	She	her = she				often property	tree rules
2	eat	infinitive	her = she not said here			the table and rest			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She made her eat in the kitchen and work continually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 work	cc
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kitchen	conj
10	continually	continually	ADV	_	2 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	She	her = she		the kitchen and work		continually property	tree rules
2	eat	infinitive	her = she not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She treated her like a servant, sending her to the well and making her eat alone in the cold kitchen

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 treated	nsubj
2	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 treated	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treated	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sending	punct
8	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 treated	advcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sending	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 well	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 well	det
12	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sending	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 making	cc
14	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sending	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 making	obj
16	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 making	xcomp
17	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 eat	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 kitchen	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 kitchen	det
20	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 kitchen	amod
21	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	treat	past	She		her = she		like a servant	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	send	gerund	She not said here	her = she		the well		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to well=Destination
3	make	gerund	She not said here	her = she				tree rules
4	eat	infinitive	her = she not said here			the cold kitchen	alone property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She made her eat in the kitchen, sleep in the attic and work continually for hours every day

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eat	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sleep	punct
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 attic	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 attic	det
12	attic	attic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleep	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 work	cc
14	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attic	conj
15	continually	continually	ADV	_	14 work	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 hours	case
17	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 work	nmod
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 day	det
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	She	her = she			day	sleep in the attic and work for hours obl	tree rules
2	eat	infinitive	her = she not said here			the kitchen			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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