Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…
By what means did the fairies appease the wrath of the crab-fairy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairies · What happens: mean, do, appease · To what, where: wrath
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1171 «d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick prince» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fairies | det |
| 6 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 appease | nsubj |
| 7 | appease | appease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wrath | det |
| 9 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 appease | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fairy | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fairy | det |
| 12 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fairy | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 crab | punct |
| 14 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wrath | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | appease | present | the fairies | the wrath of the crab fairy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wrath=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
They praised her until she calmed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 praised | nsubj |
| 2 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 praised | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 calmed | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 calmed | nsubj |
| 6 | calmed | calm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 praised | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | past | They | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | calm | past | she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
They bribed her with jewels to keep quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bribed | nsubj |
| 2 | bribed | bribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bribed | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 jewels | case |
| 5 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bribed | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 bribed | advcl |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bribe | past | They | her = she | with jewels | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | |||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | They not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They flattered her until her temper abated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flattered | nsubj |
| 2 | flattered | flatter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flattered | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 abated | mark |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 temper | nmod:poss |
| 6 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 abated | nsubj |
| 7 | abated | abate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 flattered | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatter | past | They | her = she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | abate | past | her temper | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | temper | her = she | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
They flattered her at length with gifts and songs until at last her fury had gone
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flattered | nsubj |
| 2 | flattered | flatter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flattered | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 length | case |
| 5 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flattered | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 gifts | case |
| 7 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 length | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 songs | cc |
| 9 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gifts | conj |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 16 gone | mark |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 fury | case |
| 12 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fury | amod |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 fury | nmod:poss |
| 14 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gone | obl |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 gone | aux |
| 16 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 flattered | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatter | past | They | her = she | length with gifts and songs | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | go | past · perfect | They not said here | her last fury | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at fury=Location | ||||
| 3 | infuriate | her = she | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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