Exam question 3 · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

State the principal reason given in the text for the stepmother's refusal to send her own daughter into the forest.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: give, send, refuse · To what, where: State principal reason, text, own daughter, forest

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 text	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 text	det
8	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	13 refusal	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stepmother	det
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 refusal	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 stepmother	case
13	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 send	mark
15	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 given	advcl
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 daughter	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 daughter	amod
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 send	obj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 forest	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 forest	det
21	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 send	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the State principal reason not said here	the text	for the stepmother's refusal	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for refusal=Asset
2	send	to-infinitive		stepmother's own daughter	the forest		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme
3	refuse		the stepmother				nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 right answer

She believes her daughter would catch a severe cold in the rain

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 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughter	nmod:poss
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catch	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 catch	aux
6	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believes	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cold	det
8	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cold	amod
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 catch	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 rain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rain	det
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	She						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	catch	would	her daughter	a severe cold		the rain			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme

Option 2

She believes her daughter would catch a severe cold in the cold rain, so she locks the door and tells the girl to leave at once in silence

The tree, 28 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 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughter	nmod:poss
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catch	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 catch	aux
6	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believes	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cold	det
8	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cold	amod
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 catch	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 rain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rain	det
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rain	amod
13	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cold	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 locks	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 locks	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 locks	nsubj
17	locks	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 door	det
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 locks	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 tells	cc
21	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 girl	det
23	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 tells	obj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 leave	mark
25	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 tells	xcomp
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 once	case
27	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	25 leave	obl
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 silence	case
29	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	She				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	catch	would	her daughter	a severe cold			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme
3	lock	present	daughter	the door			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
4	tell speech: assert	present	She not said here		the girl		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
5	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here			in silence result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in silence=Result

Option 3

She insists her daughter must stay home to finish the chores today

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 insists	nsubj
2	insists	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughter	nmod:poss
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stay	aux
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 insists	ccomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 stay	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 finish	mark
9	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stay	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chores	det
11	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 finish	obj
12	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finish	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	present	She				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay	must	her daughter			home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	finish	to-infinitive	her daughter not said here	the chores	today		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality chore=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She believes her daughter would catch a severe cold in the rain and die of fever in the woods

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	2 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughter	nmod:poss
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catch	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 catch	aux
6	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believes	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cold	det
8	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cold	amod
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 catch	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 rain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rain	det
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catch	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 die	cc
14	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rain	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 fever	case
16	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 die	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 woods	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 woods	det
19	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	She						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	catch	would	her daughter	a severe cold		the rain and die of fever		in the woods	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme

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