Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

Ascertain the reason for Pinkel's anxiety at the close of this passage, and state what he feared might befall him should the witch awaken.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, state, witch · What happens: ascertain, fear, befall, awaken · To what, where: reason, close, state, Pinkel

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 anxiety	case
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 anxiety	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Pinkel	case
7	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 close	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 close	det
10	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 befall	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 befall	cc
16	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 befall	nsubj
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 feared	obj
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 feared	nsubj
19	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 state	acl:relcl
20	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 befall	aux
21	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ascertain	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 befall	obj
23	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 awaken	aux
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 witch	det
25	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 awaken	nsubj
26	awaken	awaken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 befall	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason	the close of this passage	for Pinkel's anxiety	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition reason=Theme for anxiety=Beneficiary
2	fear	past	state	state			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	befall	might	state	Pinkel			tree rules
4	awaken	should	the witch				vn appear-48.1.1 «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

He worried the goat would wake and raise an alarm for the witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 worried	nsubj
2	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goat	det
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wake	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wake	aux
6	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 worried	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 raise	cc
8	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wake	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 alarm	det
10	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 raise	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 witch	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 witch	det
13	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 raise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	worry	past	He			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wake	would	the goat			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	raise	infinitive	the goat not said here	a alarm	for the witch	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme

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

He feared the witch might wake and transform him into some dreadful bird or beast

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wake	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wake	aux
6	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 transform	cc
8	transform	transform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wake	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 transform	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 bird	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 bird	det
12	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bird	amod
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transform	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 beast	cc
15	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bird	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wake	might	the witch			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	transform	infinitive	the witch not said here	him = he	into some dreadful bird or beast result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into bird=Result

Option 3

He dreaded the brothers would learn of his failure and laugh at him for it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dreaded	nsubj
2	dreaded	dread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brothers	det
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 learn	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	aux
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dreaded	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 failure	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 failure	nmod:poss
9	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learn	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 laugh	cc
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 dreaded	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 laugh	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	dread	past	He		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	learn	would	the brothers	of his failure	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of failure=Topic
3	laugh	present	He not said here	at him = he; for failure	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	fail		his = he		nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He feared the witch might wake and turn him into some dreadful bird or beast and keep him trapped in her hut forever

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wake	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wake	aux
6	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turn	cc
8	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wake	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turn	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 bird	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 bird	det
12	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bird	amod
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turn	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 beast	cc
15	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bird	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 keep	cc
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wake	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keep	obj
19	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 keep	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 hut	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 hut	nmod:poss
22	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 trapped	obl
23	forever	forever	ADV	_	19 trapped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wake	might	the witch				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	turn	infinitive	the witch not said here	him = he		into some dreadful bird or beast result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result
4	keep	infinitive	the witch not said here	him = he			tree rules
5	trap	participle	him = he not said here		witch's hut	forever property	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hut=Destination

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