Exam question 3 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre…

Why did the Ogre's wife conceal the children under the bed when her husband returned?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife, husband · What happens: conceal, return · To what, where: children, bed

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1089 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre kills his own daughters by mistake and the boys flee» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 conceal	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 conceal	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ogre	det
4	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wife	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Ogre	case
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 returned	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conceal	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 returned	advmod
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 husband	nmod:poss
15	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 returned	nsubj
16	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past · do-support	the Ogre's wife	the children		the bed			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Patient under bed=Location
2	return	participle	wife's husband						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

She thought she could hide them until the Ogre fell asleep and morning came

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hide	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hide	aux
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hide	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 fell	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ogre	det
9	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hide	advcl
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fell	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 came	cc
13	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hide	could	she	them = they		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	fall	past	the Ogre		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	come	past	morning			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She feared her husband would discover them but hoped to save them until dawn breaks

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	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discover	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 discover	aux
6	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 discover	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 hoped	cc
9	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 save	mark
11	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hoped	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 save	obj
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 breaks	mark
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breaks	nsubj
15	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 save	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	She		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	discover	would	her husband	them = they	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
3	hope	past	She not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	save not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	them = they	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	break	present	dawn		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

She hoped the Ogre would leave them

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ogre	det
4	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 leave	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	aux
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	She						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	leave	would	the Ogre	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She believed she could hide them until morning

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hide	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hide	aux
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hide	obj
7	until	until	ADP	_	8 morning	case
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	She						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hide	could	she	them = they			morning		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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