Exam question 2 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the contents of the tub prepared in the great court?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, prepare · To what, where: tub, great court

This is exam question 2 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	9 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 contents	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 contents	det
12	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 account	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 tub	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tub	det
15	tub	tub	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contents	nmod
16	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 tub	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 court	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 court	amod
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prepared	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the accurate account; of the contents of the tub	tree rules
3	prepare	participle	the tub not said here	the great court		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

It was filled with mud and serpents and vipers.

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	3 filled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 filled	aux:pass
3	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 mud	case
5	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 serpents	cc
7	serpents	serpent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mud	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 vipers	cc
9	vipers	viper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 serpents	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past · passive		It				with mud and serpents and vipers	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with mud=Instrument

Option 2

It was filled with 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	3 filled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 filled	aux:pass
3	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past · passive		It				with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument

Option 3

It held only snakes.

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	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 snakes	advmod
4	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 held	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	It	snakes					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was filled with toads, vipers, and serpents.

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	3 filled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 filled	aux:pass
3	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 toads	case
5	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 filled	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 vipers	punct
7	vipers	viper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 toads	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 serpents	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 serpents	cc
10	serpents	serpent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 filled	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past · passive		It				with toads and vipers; serpents obl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with toad=Instrument

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