Exam question 4 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl'…

What moral principle is conveyed by the concluding verses concerning civil behaviour?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: concluding verses · What happens: convey, concern · To what, where: moral principle, civil behaviour

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1079 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key» 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	5 conveyed	obj
2	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 principle	amod
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 conveyed	aux:pass
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 verses	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 verses	det
8	concluding	concluding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 verses	compound
9	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conveyed	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 verses	acl
11	civil	civil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 behaviour	amod
12	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 conveyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive	the concluding verses	moral principle					tree rules
2	concern	gerund	the concluding verses not said here	civil behaviour					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus behaviour=Experiencer

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

Courtesy eventually receives due reward, while rudeness and nosiness bring ruin upon the one who indulges them

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
2	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	3 receives	advmod
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reward	amod
5	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bring	punct
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 bring	mark
8	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nosiness	cc
10	nosiness	nosiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rudeness	conj
11	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	conj
12	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 one	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 indulges	nsubj
17	indulges	indulge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 one	acl:relcl
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 indulges	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	receive	present	Courtesy	due reward	eventually property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
2	bring	present	rudeness and nosiness	ruin	upon the one	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ruin=Theme
3	indulge	present	the one	rudeness		tree rules

Option 2

Pride always comes before the fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 comes	advmod
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 fall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fall	det
6	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Pride			the fall		always property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before fall=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Courtesy eventually receives its due reward, and wicked speech is punished with serpents and toads in the end

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
2	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	3 receives	advmod
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 reward	nmod:poss
5	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reward	amod
6	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 punished	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 punished	cc
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 speech	amod
10	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 punished	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 punished	aux:pass
12	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 receives	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 serpents	case
14	serpents	serpent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 punished	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 toads	cc
16	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 serpents	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 end	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 end	det
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	Courtesy	Courtesy's due reward		eventually property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
2	punish	present · passive		wicked speech	in the end	with serpents and toads	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: subject=Patient with serpent=Theme
3	reward		Courtesy				nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Courtesy eventually receives due reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
2	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	3 receives	advmod
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reward	amod
5	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	Courtesy	due reward				eventually property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme

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