Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper…

Which of the following accurately describes the status of Cinderilla within her father's household during this portion?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: status

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» 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 status	det
8	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Cinderilla	case
10	Cinderilla	Cinderilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 status	nmod
11	within	within	ADP	_	15 household	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 household	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 father	case
15	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 status	nmod
16	during	during	ADP	_	18 portion	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 portion	det
18	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 household	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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	describe	present		the status of Cinderilla				within Cinderilla's father's household during this portion; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent status=Theme

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 reduced to menial servitude and forced to sleep in the cellar every night

The tree, 15 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	3 reduced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	aux:pass
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 servitude	case
5	menial	menial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 servitude	amod
6	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forced	cc
8	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reduced	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sleep	mark
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 forced	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cellar	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cellar	det
13	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sleep	obl
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sleep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past · passive	She			to menial servitude goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to servitude=Goal
2	force	participle					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sleep	to-infinitive		the cellar	night		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location

Option 2

She was kept as a maid

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 kept	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 maid	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 maid	det
6	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		She				as a maid	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She was reduced to menial servitude by her father and stepmother

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 reduced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	aux:pass
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 servitude	case
5	menial	menial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 servitude	amod
6	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 father	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 father	nmod:poss
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stepmother	cc
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 father	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past · passive	her father and stepmother	She				to menial servitude goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Patient to servitude=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was reduced to menial servitude

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 reduced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	aux:pass
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 servitude	case
5	menial	menial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 servitude	amod
6	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past · passive		She				to menial servitude goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to servitude=Goal

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