Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive i…

What was the principal consequence of Blue Beard's death for his widow?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Blue Beard · What happens: be, die · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 death	case
7	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Beard	amod
8	Beard	Beard	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 death	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Beard	case
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 widow	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 widow	nmod:poss
13	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of Blue Beard's death; for Beard's widow	tree rules
2	die		Blue Beard						nom death «event intransitive»: 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

she was left a little money

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	3 left	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 money	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 money	amod
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		she					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme money=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she became mistress of his estate

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mistress	mistress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 estate	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 estate	nmod:poss
6	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mistress	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	she	mistress of mistress's estate					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

she inherited his large fortune

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 inherited	nsubj
2	inherited	inherit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fortune	nmod:poss
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fortune	amod
5	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inherited	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inherit	past	she	his large fortune					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme

Option 4

she got a house

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	she	a house					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus

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