Exam question 4 · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

What is the principal function of the old witch's ointment in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal function · What happens: be

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 function	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 function	amod
5	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 ointment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witch	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 witch	amod
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ointment	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 witch	case
11	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 narrative	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ointment	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal function of the old witch's ointment in the narrative						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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It tests whether the rightful bride truly perished in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tests	nsubj
2	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 perished	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bride	det
5	rightful	rightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bride	amod
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 perished	nsubj:pass
7	truly	truly	ADV	_	8 perished	advmod
8	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tests	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 perished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present	It						tree rules
2	perish	participle · passive		the rightful bride		the sea		truly property	tree rules

Option 2

It disguises the stepmother's daughter as the real princess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 disguises	nsubj
2	disguises	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stepmother	det
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 daughter	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 stepmother	case
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguises	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 princess	amod
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguises	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disguises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	present	It		the stepmother's daughter			as the real princess	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme daughter=Destination

Option 3

It heals her tongue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heals	nsubj
2	heals	heal	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 tongue	nmod:poss
4	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heals	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	It	her tongue					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient

Option 4

It frees the sea girl from the doves' spell completely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 frees	nsubj
2	frees	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	compound
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frees	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 spell	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doves	det
8	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 spell	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 doves	case
10	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frees	obl
11	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 frees	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 frees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	present	It	the sea girl		the doves's spell		completely property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer girl=Source
2	spell		the doves						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

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