Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the…

Identify the agent that revealed to the prince the deception practised upon him by the stepsisters.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, agent, deception · What happens: identify, reveal, practise · To what, where: agent, prince

This is exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 agent	det
3	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 revealed	nsubj
5	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agent	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 prince	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 revealed	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 deception	det
10	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 practised	nsubj
11	practised	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 revealed	parataxis
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 practised	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 stepsisters	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stepsisters	det
16	stepsisters	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 practised	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the agent			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
2	reveal	past	the agent		the prince		vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient
3	practise	past	the deception			upon him = he; by the stepsisters	tree rules

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

The white dove.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dove	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dove	amod
3	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dove	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The white dove, which sang the truth from the hazel-tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dove	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dove	amod
3	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sang	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
11	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tree	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 hazel	punct
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the white dove	the truth		the hazel tree			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme

Option 3

The old nurse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nurse	amod
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nurse	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The grey pigeon, which warned the prince from the pear-tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pigeon	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pigeon	amod
3	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 warned	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 warned	nsubj
6	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pigeon	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
11	pear	pear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tree	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 pear	punct
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	the grey pigeon		the prince	the pear tree			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient

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