Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive i…
Which of the following describes the interval granted to the wife by Blue Beard before her execution?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: follow, be, grant, execute · To what, where: interval, wife
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1080 «Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive in time, Blue Beard dies, and she inherits his wealth» 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 | 7 interval | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 interval | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 interval | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 interval | case |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 interval | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 interval | det |
| 7 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 interval | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 wife | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wife | det |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 granted | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Beard | case |
| 13 | Blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Beard | amod |
| 14 | Beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 granted | obl |
| 15 | before | before | ADP | _ | 17 execution | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 execution | nmod:poss |
| 17 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 granted | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 interval | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the interval | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | grant | participle | the interval not said here | the wife | before wife's execution | by Blue Beard | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to wife=Goal | ||
| 4 | execute | wife | nom execution «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 interval | det |
| 2 | brief | brief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 interval | amod |
| 3 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 quarter | case |
| 5 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 7 quarter | det:predet |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 quarter | det |
| 7 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 interval | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 quarter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a short interval of about half an hour to pray
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 interval | det |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 interval | amod |
| 3 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 hour | case |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 half | advmod |
| 6 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 8 hour | det:predet |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 interval | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 pray | mark |
| 10 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 interval | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | to-infinitive | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3
a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour granted at her request, to pray before death
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 interval | det |
| 2 | brief | brief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 interval | amod |
| 3 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pray | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 quarter | case |
| 5 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 7 quarter | det:predet |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 quarter | det |
| 7 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 interval | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 quarter | nmod |
| 11 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 hour | acl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 request | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 request | nmod:poss |
| 14 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 granted | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 pray | punct |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 pray | mark |
| 17 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | before | before | ADP | _ | 19 death | case |
| 19 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pray | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | participle | a hour not said here | interval's request | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | pray | to-infinitive | a brief interval of half quarter of a hour | before death | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | request | interval | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
a long interval of several days to prepare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 interval | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 interval | amod |
| 3 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 days | case |
| 5 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 days | amod |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 interval | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 prepare | mark |
| 8 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 interval | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | to-infinitive | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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