Exam question 2 · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

Identify the action performed by the stepdaughter that results in her receiving the enchanted wreath from the doves.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, perform, receive, enchant · To what, where: action

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 action	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 stepdaughter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stepdaughter	det
7	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 results	det
9	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stepdaughter	appos
10	in	in	ADP	_	15 wreath	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wreath	nmod:poss
12	receiving	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 wreath	amod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wreath	det
14	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 wreath	amod
15	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 results	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 doves	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 doves	det
18	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wreath	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	perform	participle		the action not said here	by the stepdaughter	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	receive	gerund				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 feeds the doves

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 feeds	nsubj
2	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doves	det
4	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feeds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	She	the doves					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She feeds the doves bread, freeing them from the axe handle

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 feeds	nsubj
2	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bread	det
4	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bread	compound
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeds	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 freeing	punct
7	freeing	free	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 feeds	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 freeing	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 handle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 handle	det
11	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 handle	compound
12	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 freeing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	She	the doves bread					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bread=Theme
2	free	gerund	She not said here	them = they		the axe handle			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer they=Source

Option 3

She sings to the birds, and they follow her through the forest home

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 sings	nsubj
2	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 birds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sings	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 follow	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 follow	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 follow	nsubj
9	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sings	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 follow	obj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 follow	obl
14	home	home	ADV	_	9 follow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	She		the birds				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bird=Recipient
2	follow	present	birds = bird	her = she		the forest		home property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme through forest=Trajectory

Option 4

She saves the birds

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 saves	nsubj
2	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birds	det
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	She	the birds					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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