Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

What is the principal reason the Sister of the Sun refuses to release the golden hen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sister · What happens: be, refuse, not release · To what, where: principal reason, golden hen

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sister	det
7	Sister	Sister	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 refuses	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sister	nmod
11	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 release	mark
13	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 refuses	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hen	det
15	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hen	amod
16	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 release	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal reason	tree rules
2	refuse	present	the Sister of the Sun		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not release	to-infinitive	the Sister of the Sun not said here	the golden hen	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer hen=Source

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 has not yet had her sister restored to her

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 had	advmod
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 has	advcl
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 restored	nsubj
8	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	have	present	She			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not have	past	She not said here		yet	tree rules
3	restore	past	her sister	her = she		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

Option 2

She has already promised the hen to the giants and wants the boy to fetch a second hen first

The tree, 19 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	4 promised	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 promised	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 promised	advmod
4	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hen	det
6	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promised	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 giants	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giants	det
9	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 promised	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wants	cc
11	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 promised	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wants	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 fetch	mark
15	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wants	xcomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 hen	det
17	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 hen	amod
18	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fetch	obj
19	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 fetch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present · perfect	She		the hen	to the giants goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hen=Theme to giant=Goal
2	want	present	She not said here	the boy			tree rules
3	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	the boy not said here	a second hen		first property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She fears the fox will steal the hen

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 fears	nsubj
2	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steal	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 steal	aux
6	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fears	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hen	det
8	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	She						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	steal	future	the fox	the hen					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hen=Theme

Option 4

She is angry at the boy's rudeness

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	3 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 rudeness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rudeness	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 boy	case
8	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			the boy's rudeness		angry property	tree rules

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