Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…

To what extent did the elder sister's use of the magic line determine the outcome of the witch's test of courage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent, use, elder sister, witch · What happens: do, determine, use, test · To what, where: use, outcome, courage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sister	det
6	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sister	amod
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 sister	case
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 line	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 line	det
12	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 line	amod
13	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obl
14	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 use	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 outcome	det
16	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 test	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 witch	det
19	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 test	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 witch	case
21	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 outcome	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 courage	case
23	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 test	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	extent	the elder sister's use		tree rules
2	determine	infinitive	the elder sister's use not said here	the outcome of the witch's test of courage	of the magic line	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
3	use		the elder sister			nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	test		the witch	courage		nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

It was just a rope

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	5 rope	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rope	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 rope	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rope	det
5	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a rope					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The line enabled the elder sister to return upwards and thereby deceive the witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enabled	nsubj
3	enabled	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sister	det
5	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sister	amod
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enabled	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 return	mark
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 enabled	advcl
9	upwards	upwards	ADV	_	8 return	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 deceive	cc
11	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	12 deceive	advmod
12	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 enabled	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deceive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enable	past	the line	the elder sister		tree rules
2	return	to-infinitive	the line not said here		upwards property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	deceive	infinitive	the line not said here	the witch	thereby property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

Option 3

The line allowed the elder sister to climb out of the pit and so surprise the old woman entirely

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allowed	nsubj
3	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sister	det
5	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sister	amod
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allowed	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 climb	mark
8	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 allowed	xcomp
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 pit	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pit	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pit	det
12	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climb	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 surprise	cc
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 surprise	advmod
15	surprise	surprise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 climb	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 woman	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 woman	amod
18	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 surprise	obj
19	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	15 surprise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	allow	past	the line		the elder sister			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer sister=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	the line not said here			the pit		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out pit=Trajectory
3	surprise	infinitive	the line not said here	the old woman			entirely property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus woman=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The line let the younger sister climb out of the pit and thereby fool the witch completely

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sister	det
5	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 sister	amod
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
7	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 pit	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pit	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pit	det
11	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climb	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fool	cc
13	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	14 fool	advmod
14	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 climb	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 witch	det
16	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fool	obj
17	completely	completely	ADV	_	14 fool	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	past	the line	the younger sister			tree rules
2	climb	infinitive	the younger sister not said here		the pit		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out pit=Trajectory
3	fool	infinitive	the younger sister not said here	the witch		completely, thereby property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

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