Exam question 2 · Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen order…

By what means did the clerk of the kitchen preserve the young Queen's life?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clerk · What happens: mean, do, preserve · To what, where: life

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1428 «Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen orders a tub of serpents for the family» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clerk	det
6	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preserve	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 kitchen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clerk	nmod
10	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queen	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Queen	amod
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 life	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Queen	case
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preserve	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	preserve	present	the clerk of the kitchen	the young Queen's life	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary

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

By substituting a young hind, so the Queen never knew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 substituting	mark
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 knew	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hind	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hind	amod
5	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 substituting	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 substituting	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 knew	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 knew	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 knew	advmod
11	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute	gerund	the Queen not said here	a young hind					vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme hind=Location
2	not know	past	the Queen						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By substituting a young hind and then hiding her with his own wife in the house

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 substituting	mark
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hind	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hind	amod
5	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 substituting	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hiding	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 hiding	advmod
8	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 substituting	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hiding	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 wife	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wife	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wife	amod
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hiding	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute	gerund		a young hind					vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme hind=Location
2	hide	gerund		her = she		the house	then	with his own wife	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient in house=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By substituting a young hind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 substituting	mark
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hind	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hind	amod
5	hind	hind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substituting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute	gerund		a young hind					vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme hind=Location

Option 4

By feeding her to wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 feeding	mark
2	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feeding	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 wolves	case
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	gerund		her = she	wolves				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to wolf=Recipient

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