Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

What is the principal consequence of the Ogress's attempt upon the royal children, as recorded in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ogress · What happens: be, record, attempt · To what, where: principal consequence, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 attempt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ogress	det
8	Ogress	ogress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attempt	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Ogress	case
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 children	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 children	det
13	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 children	amod
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 attempt	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 recorded	mark
17	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recorded	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence		of the Ogress's attempt upon the royal children	tree rules
2	record	participle			the passage		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination
3	attempt		the Ogress			upon the royal children	nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=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

She escaped into the forest unharmed

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 escaped	nsubj
2	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 forest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escaped	obl
6	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 escaped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	She			the forest		unharmed property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location

Option 2

She fled the palace

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 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	She	the palace					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Initial_Location

Option 3

She was executed by the guards at dawn

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 executed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 guards	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guards	det
6	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 executed	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive	the guards	She			dawn		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She perished in the tub she had prepared

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 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 tub	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tub	det
5	tub	tub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perished	obl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 prepared	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 prepared	aux
8	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 tub	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	past	She			the tub			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	prepare	past · perfect	she	the tub not said here					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tub=Patient

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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