Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…

Which of the following most accurately states the moral conveyed by the Fairy's remarks to the Prince at the close of this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fairy · What happens: follow, state, convey, remark · To what, where: moral, close · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moral	det
9	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 moral	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 remarks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Fairy	det
13	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 remarks	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Fairy	case
15	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 conveyed	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 Prince	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Prince	det
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 remarks	nmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 close	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 close	det
21	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 part	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 part	det
24	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 close	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the moral		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent moral=Topic
3	convey	participle		the moral not said here	the close of this part	by the Fairy's remarks to the Prince	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	remark		the Fairy			to the Prince	nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

Pride keeps us from seeing our own faults clearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 seeing	mark
5	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keeps	advcl
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 faults	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 faults	amod
8	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 seeing	obj
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	5 seeing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Pride	us		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
2	see	gerund	Pride not said here	our own faults	clearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fault=Stimulus
3	fault		our			nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Self-love stops us from ever admitting our wrongs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 love	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Self	punct
3	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stops	nsubj
4	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 stops	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 admitting	mark
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 admitting	advmod
8	admitting	admit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stops	advcl
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wrongs	nmod:poss
10	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 admitting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Self love	us					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality we=Eventuality
2	admit speech: other	gerund	Self love not said here	our wrongs			ever		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Theme

Option 3

Self-love prevents us from recognising our own defects, so we must listen to honest friends who warn us

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 love	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Self	punct
3	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevents	nsubj
4	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 prevents	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 recognising	mark
7	recognising	recognise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prevents	advcl
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 defects	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 defects	amod
10	defects	defect	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recognising	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 listen	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 listen	advmod
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 listen	nsubj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 listen	aux
15	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 prevents	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 friends	case
17	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 friends	amod
18	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 listen	obl
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 warn	nsubj
20	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 friends	acl:relcl
21	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	Self love	us			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer we=Theme
2	recognise	gerund	Self love not said here	our own defects			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer defect=Stimulus
3	listen	must	we			to honest friends	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to friend=Theme
4	warn speech: warn	present	honest friends		us		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Self-love prevents us from recognising our own defects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 love	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Self	punct
3	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevents	nsubj
4	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 prevents	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 recognising	mark
7	recognising	recognise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prevents	advcl
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 defects	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 defects	amod
10	defects	defect	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recognising	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	Self love	us					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer we=Theme
2	recognise	gerund	Self love not said here	our own defects					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer defect=Stimulus

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