Exam question 4 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

Which of the following best describes the reason the Queen-mother gave for her cruelty towards the young Queen's family?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Queen mother · What happens: follow, describe, give · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mother	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 mother	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 Queen	punct
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 cruelty	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cruelty	nmod:poss
16	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obl
17	towards	towards	ADP	_	22 family	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
19	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Queen	amod
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 family	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Queen	case
22	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	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 reason	of the best	tree rules
3	give	past	the Queen mother	the reason not said here	for mother's cruelty; towards the young Queen's family	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for cruelty=Asset

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

She had an Ogreish appetite for fresh meat.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 appetite	det
4	Ogreish	ogreish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 appetite	amod
5	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 meat	case
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meat	amod
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appetite	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a Ogreish appetite				for fresh meat	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appetite=Patient

Option 2

She hated the Queen.

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 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	She	the Queen					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus

Option 3

She had been told by the clerk that the children were the cause of the war and must die.

The tree, 19 words

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	4 told	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 clerk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clerk	det
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 cause	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cause	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cause	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cause	det
13	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clerk	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 war	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 war	det
16	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cause	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 die	cc
18	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 die	aux
19	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	the clerk	She		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	is a	past	the children	the cause	of the war	tree rules
3	die	must	the clerk not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

She wished to rule the kingdom alone.

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 rule	mark
4	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kingdom	det
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rule	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 rule	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	rule not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the kingdom				alone property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme

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