Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…

Which of the following most accurately explains why the daughter never sees the White Bear in his human form?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughter, his · What happens: follow, explain, not see, form · To what, where: White Bear, human form · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» 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	7 explains	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 explains	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 explains	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 explains	nsubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 explains	advmod
7	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 sees	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 daughter	det
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sees	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 sees	advmod
12	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 explains	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Bear	det
14	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Bear	amod
15	Bear	Bear	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sees	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 form	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 form	nmod:poss
18	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 form	amod
19	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sees	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present				accurately property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not see	present	the daughter	the White Bear	his human form		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus
4	form		his = he				nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

He is only a bear and cannot change form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bear	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 bear	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 change	cc
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 change	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 change	advmod
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bear	conj
10	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a bear					tree rules
2	not change	can	He not said here	form					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient

Option 2

He leaves her room before the sun rises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaves	nsubj
2	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 room	nmod:poss
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 rises	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rises	nsubj
8	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leaves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	He	her room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme
2	rise	present	the sun						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He is always asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asleep	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asleep	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 asleep	advmod
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					always, asleep property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He departs from her chamber before daylight appears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 departs	nsubj
2	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 chamber	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 chamber	nmod:poss
5	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 appears	mark
7	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appears	nsubj
8	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 departs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	present	He			her chamber			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial_Location
2	appear	present	daylight						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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