Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…

Which of the following correctly identifies the material from which the queen's pasty was intended to be made?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, intend, make · To what, where: material, pasty

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 material	det
8	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 intended	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queen	det
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pasty	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 queen	case
14	pasty	pasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 intended	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 intended	aux:pass
16	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 material	acl:relcl
17	to	to	PART	_	19 made	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 made	aux:pass
19	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 intended	xcomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the material		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
3	intend	past · passive	the queen's pasty	the material		tree rules
4	make not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

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 ground pepper and honey carried from the palace kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pepper	det
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pepper	compound
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 honey	cc
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pepper	conj
6	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pepper	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 kitchen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kitchen	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kitchen	compound
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle		the ground pepper and honey not said here		the palace kitchen			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from kitchen=Initial_Location

Option 2

Stings of wasps mixed with the golden honey from the queen's cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 wasps	case
3	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stings	nmod
4	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wasps	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 honey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 honey	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 honey	amod
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mixed	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 cellar	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cellar	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 queen	case
13	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle		wasps not said here		the queen's cellar		with the golden honey	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with honey=Co-Patient
2	sting			wasps					nom sting «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The wings of bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wings	det
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bees	case
4	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wings	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The stings of bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stings	det
2	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bees	case
4	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting			bees					nom sting «state transitive»: of=patient

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