Exam question 1 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

Which of the following accurately describes the action of the clerk of the kitchen upon receiving the Queen-mother's first instruction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kitchen, clerk, Queen mother · What happens: follow, describe, receive, act, instruct · To what, where: action, first instruction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1082 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 7: the Ogress-Queen orders her grandchildren and daughter-in-law to be eaten, the clerk saves them, and she orders a tub of snakes for them all» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 clerk	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 clerk	det
11	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 kitchen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kitchen	det
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clerk	nmod
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 receiving	mark
16	receiving	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 kitchen	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mother	det
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 mother	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 Queen	punct
20	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 instruction	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 mother	case
22	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 instruction	amod
23	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 receiving	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action of the clerk of the kitchen	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	receive	gerund	the kitchen not said here	the Queen mother's first instruction		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme
4	act		the clerk of the kitchen			nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent
5	instruct		the Queen mother			nom instruction «communication 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

He concealed the child and substituted a lamb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 substituted	cc
6	substituted	substitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 concealed	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lamb	det
8	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 substituted	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 concealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	He	the child					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
2	substitute	past	He not said here	a lamb					vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme lamb=Location

Option 2

He refused the order and killed the Queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 order	det
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 killed	cc
6	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 killed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He	the order					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2	kill	past	He not said here	the Queen					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme

Option 3

He carried the child to the Ogress at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Ogress	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Ogress	det
7	Ogress	ogress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 carried	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	the child		the Ogress			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to ogress=Destination

Option 4

He concealed the child and substituted a lamb, then warned the Queen's family in secret about the Ogress.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 substituted	cc
6	substituted	substitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 concealed	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lamb	det
8	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 substituted	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 warned	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 warned	advmod
11	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 concealed	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queen	det
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 family	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Queen	case
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 warned	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 secret	case
17	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 warned	obl
18	about	about	ADP	_	20 Ogress	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Ogress	det
20	Ogress	ogress	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 warned	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 concealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	He	the child				vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
2	substitute	past	He not said here	a lamb				vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme lamb=Location
3	warn speech: warn	past	He not said here	the Queen's family	secret	then	about the Ogress	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent family=Recipient about ogress=Topic

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