Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

What, according to the narrative, did the fairy bestow upon the youngest daughter in recompense for her civility?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairy · What happens: accord, bestow · To what, where: recompense

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bestow	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 narrative	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 narrative	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 narrative	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bestow	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fairy	det
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bestow	nsubj
11	bestow	bestow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 daughter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 daughter	det
14	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 daughter	amod
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bestow	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 recompense	case
17	recompense	recompense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bestow	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 civility	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 civility	nmod:poss
20	civility	civility	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bestow	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 bestow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	bestow	past · do-support	the fairy			recompense		upon the youngest daughter; for fairy's civility	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

A rose or a coin from her lap with each kind thing said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rose	det
2	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 coin	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coin	det
5	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 lap	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lap	nmod:poss
8	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 thing	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 thing	det
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thing	compound
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lap	nmod
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a rose from her lap with each kind thing or a coin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flower	det
2	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A flower or a jewel from her mouth with every word spoken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flower	det
2	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spoken	nsubj:pass
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 jewel	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 jewel	det
5	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flower	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mouth	nmod:poss
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jewel	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 word	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flower	nmod
12	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle · passive		a flower with every word or a jewel from her mouth					tree rules

Option 4

A golden ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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