Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo…

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events at the witch's tower, as recorded in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, record · To what, where: passage

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sequence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 sequence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sequence	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sequence	amod
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 events	case
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sequence	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	15 tower	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 witch	det
13	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tower	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 witch	case
15	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 events	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 recorded	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 recorded	mark
18	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sequence	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 passage	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 passage	det
21	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 recorded	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the correct sequence; of events at the witch's tower	tree rules
3	record	participle	the passage		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=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 boy receives the jar from the owl, the witch throws its water on the boy, and then the captives return to human form and the witch flies off on a broomstick

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jar	det
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 owl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owl	det
8	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 throws	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 throws	nsubj
12	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	conj
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 water	nmod:poss
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 throws	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 boy	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 throws	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 return	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 return	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 return	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 captives	det
22	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 return	nsubj
23	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	parataxis
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 form	case
25	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 form	amod
26	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 return	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 flies	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 witch	det
29	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 flies	nsubj
30	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 return	conj
31	off	off	ADP	_	30 flies	compound:prt
32	on	on	ADP	_	34 broomstick	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 broomstick	det
34	broomstick	broomstick	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the boy	the jar	the owl			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jar=Theme from owl=Source
2	throw	present	the witch	owl's water			on the boy	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on boy=Destination
3	return	present	the captives			then	to human form result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to form=Result
4	fly off	present	the witch		a broomstick			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on broomstick=Location

Option 2

The boy goes to the witch's door, is frightened by her face, receives the jar, the witch throws its water, the captives return to human form, and the bird is captured by the courtiers

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 witch	case
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 frightened	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 frightened	aux:pass
11	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 goes	parataxis
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 face	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 face	nmod:poss
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 frightened	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 receives	punct
16	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 goes	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 jar	det
18	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 receives	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 throws	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 witch	det
21	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 throws	nsubj
22	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 receives	parataxis
23	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 water	nmod:poss
24	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 throws	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 return	punct
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 captives	det
27	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 return	nsubj
28	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 throws	conj
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 form	case
30	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 form	amod
31	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 return	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 captured	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 captured	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 bird	det
35	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 captured	nsubj:pass
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 captured	aux:pass
37	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 goes	parataxis
38	by	by	ADP	_	40 courtiers	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 courtiers	det
40	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	the boy		the witch's door		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial_Location
2	frighten	present · passive	her face				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	receive	present		the jar			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme
4	throw	present	the witch	jar's water			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
5	return	present	the captives			to human form result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to form=Result
6	capture	present · passive	the courtiers	the bird			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The boy receives the jar, the witch throws its water, and the captives return to human form

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 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jar	det
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 throws	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 witch	det
8	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throws	nsubj
9	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	advcl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 water	nmod:poss
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throws	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 return	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 return	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 captives	det
15	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 return	nsubj
16	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 form	case
18	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 form	amod
19	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the boy	the jar		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme
2	throw	present	the witch	jar's water		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	return	present	the captives		to human form result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to form=Result

Option 4

The witch receives the jar, the boy throws its water, and the captives return to the castle

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 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	nsubj
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jar	det
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 throws	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throws	nsubj
9	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	advcl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 water	nmod:poss
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throws	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 return	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 return	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 captives	det
15	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 return	nsubj
16	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 castle	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 castle	det
19	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the witch	the jar		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme
2	throw	present	the boy	jar's water		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	return	present	the captives		to the castle result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result

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