Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo…

According to the passage, what is the principal motive of the courtiers in preparing weapons, cages, and birds of prey?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage · What happens: accord, be, prepare · To what, where: principal motive

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 motive	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 motive	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 motive	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 motive	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 motive	amod
10	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 courtiers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 courtiers	det
13	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 motive	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 weapons	case
15	preparing	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 weapons	amod
16	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 courtiers	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cages	punct
18	cages	cage	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 weapons	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 birds	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 birds	cc
21	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 passage	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 prey	case
23	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 birds	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the passage and the principal motive and birds of prey	the principal motive	of the courtiers in preparing weapons and cages	tree rules
3	prepare	gerund				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

To prevent the king from seeing the bird or hearing her words, and to keep the boy from taking her away

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 seeing	mark
6	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevent	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeing	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 hearing	cc
10	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seeing	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 words	nmod:poss
12	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hearing	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 keep	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 prevent	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 boy	det
18	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obj
19	from	from	SCONJ	_	20 taking	mark
20	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 keep	advcl
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 taking	obj
22	away	away	ADV	_	20 taking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		the king		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer king=Theme
2	see	gerund		the bird		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus
3	hear	gerund		bird's words		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
4	keep	to-infinitive		the boy		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
5	take away	gerund		bird	away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
6	word		bird			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To make sure the bird is caught alive and sent to the king's own treasury for a reward and a feast

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 caught	aux:pass
7	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sure	ccomp
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 caught	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sent	cc
10	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 caught	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	16 treasury	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 treasury	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 king	case
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 treasury	amod
16	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 reward	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 reward	det
19	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 feast	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 feast	det
22	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reward	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive			sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	catch	present · passive	the bird		alive property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	send	participle		the king's own treasury	for a reward and a feast	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to treasury=Destination

Option 3

To stop the king from ever hearing the bird's truth-telling song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 hearing	mark
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 hearing	advmod
7	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stop	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 song	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 bird	case
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 telling	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 truth	punct
13	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 song	amod
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		the king		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality king=Eventuality
2	hear	gerund		the bird's telling song	ever	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	gerund				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sing		the bird			nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To prevent the king from seeing the bird or hearing her words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 seeing	mark
6	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevent	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeing	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 hearing	cc
10	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seeing	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 words	nmod:poss
12	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		the king	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer king=Theme
2	see	gerund		the bird	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus
3	hear	gerund		bird's words	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
4	word		bird		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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