Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 39: the prince runs off,…

To what extent did the fairy Tulip succeed in modifying the enchantment laid upon the princess?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent · What happens: do, succeed, modify, lay · To what, where: fairy Tulip, enchantment

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1173 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 39: the prince runs off, and the doe becomes a girl each night» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 succeed	obl
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Tulip	det
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Tulip	compound
7	Tulip	tulip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	succeed	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 modifying	mark
10	modifying	modify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 laid	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 enchantment	det
12	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 modifying	obj
13	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 succeed	parataxis
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 princess	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 princess	det
16	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 laid	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 succeed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	extent	the fairy Tulip		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tulip=Eventuality
2	succeed	present				vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	modify	gerund		the enchantment		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enchantment=Patient
4	lay	past			upon the princess	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon princess=Destination

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 shortened its duration and rendered it less severe, though she could not remove it entirely

The tree, 16 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 shortened	nsubj
2	shortened	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 duration	nmod:poss
4	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shortened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rendered	cc
6	rendered	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shortened	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rendered	obj
8	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 severe	advmod
9	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rendered	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 remove	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 remove	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 remove	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 remove	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 remove	advmod
15	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shortened	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 remove	obj
17	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	15 remove	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shorten	past	She	its duration		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent duration=Patient
2	render	past	She not said here	duration	severe property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not remove	could	she	duration	entirely property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

She lifted the spell wholly, though only for a short time each night

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 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obj
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 lifted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 time	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 time	mark
8	only	only	ADV	_	12 time	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	She	the spell			night; time	wholly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Her efforts shortened the enchantment's duration only slightly, leaving the princess a doe for most of every day and the whole of each morning

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 efforts	nmod:poss
2	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shortened	nsubj
3	shortened	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 enchantment	det
5	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 duration	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 enchantment	case
7	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shortened	obj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 slightly	advmod
9	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	3 shortened	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 leaving	punct
11	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shortened	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princess	det
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 doe	det
15	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 most	case
17	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 leaving	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 day	case
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 most	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 whole	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 whole	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shortened	conj
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 morning	case
25	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	26 morning	det
26	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 whole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	past	Her efforts	the enchantment's duration				slightly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent duration=Patient
2	leave	gerund	Her efforts not said here	the princess				for most of every day	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent princess=Theme doe=Attribute

Option 4

She shortened its duration and made it milder, yet she could never remove it entirely from the princess's body and soul at any time

The tree, 25 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 shortened	nsubj
2	shortened	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 duration	nmod:poss
4	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shortened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 made	cc
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shortened	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	milder	mild	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 made	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 remove	punct
10	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	14 remove	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 remove	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 remove	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 remove	advmod
14	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shortened	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 remove	obj
16	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	14 remove	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	21 body	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 princess	det
19	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 body	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 princess	case
21	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remove	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 soul	cc
23	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 body	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	26 time	case
25	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	26 time	det
26	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	past	She	its duration				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent duration=Patient
2	make	past	She not said here	duration			mild property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	not remove	could	she	duration	the princess's body and soul	time	entirely property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from body=Source

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