Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…
What was the eldest daughter's reply when instructed to fetch water?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, instruct, fetch · To what, where: eldest reply, water
This is exam question 3 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=Int | 7 reply | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reply | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reply | det |
| 4 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 reply | amod |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reply | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 7 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 instructed | advmod |
| 9 | instructed | instruct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 reply | acl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 fetch | mark |
| 11 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 instructed | xcomp |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fetch | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 reply | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | daughter's eldest reply | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | instruct speech: other | participle | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | fetch | to-infinitive | water | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
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
Oh, it would be a very fine sight indeed, but I refuse to draw water for anyone at all
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 9 sight | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Oh | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sight | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 sight | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sight | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sight | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 fine | advmod |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sight | amod |
| 9 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 9 sight | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 refuse | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 refuse | cc |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 refuse | nsubj |
| 14 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sight | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 draw | mark |
| 16 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 refuse | xcomp |
| 17 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 draw | obj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 anyone | case |
| 19 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 16 draw | obl |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 all | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | would | it | a fine sight | indeed property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | refuse | present | I | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not draw | to-infinitive | I not said here | water | for anyone | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Result for anyone=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It would be a very fine sight indeed to see me draw water
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 | 7 sight | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sight | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sight | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sight | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 fine | advmod |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sight | amod |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 7 sight | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 see | mark |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sight | acl |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 see | obj |
| 12 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 see | xcomp |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 draw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | would | It | a fine sight | indeed property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | draw | infinitive | me not said here | water | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
Option 3
I shall go and draw water when the sun rises tomorrow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 draw | cc |
| 5 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | conj |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 rises | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun | det |
| 9 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rises | nsubj |
| 10 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | advcl |
| 11 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rises | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | shall | I | water | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | draw | infinitive | I not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | rise | present | the sun | tomorrow | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It would be a very fine sight indeed, Mother, for you to see me draw water today
The tree, 17 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 | 7 sight | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sight | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sight | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sight | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 fine | advmod |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sight | amod |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 7 sight | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Mother | punct |
| 10 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sight | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 see | punct |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 15 see | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 see | nsubj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 see | mark |
| 15 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sight | parataxis |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 see | obj |
| 17 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 see | conj |
| 18 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 draw | obj |
| 19 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 draw | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | would | It | a fine sight and Mother | indeed property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you | me | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | draw | infinitive | you not said here | water | today | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
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