Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

Describe with precision the social standing of Cinderella within her father's household, as the narrative presents it.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, narrative, Cinderella · What happens: describe, present, stand · To what, where: social standing, standing

This is exam question 2 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 precision	case
3	precision	precision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 standing	det
5	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 standing	amod
6	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Cinderella	case
8	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 standing	nmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	13 household	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 household	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 father	case
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 presents	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 presents	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 presents	nsubj
18	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 presents	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the social standing of Cinderella	with precision; within Cinderella's father's household	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent standing=Theme
2	present	present	the narrative	standing		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	stand		Cinderella			nom standing «state intransitive»: of=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

She was a guest

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 guest	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 guest	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 guest	det
4	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a guest					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was treated as a daughter

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 treated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 treated	aux:pass
3	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 daughter	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 daughter	det
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past · passive		She				as a daughter	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as daughter=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was reduced to menial service

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 reduced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	aux:pass
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 service	case
5	menial	menial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 service	amod
6	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past · passive		She				to menial service goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to service=Goal

Option 4

She was a servant

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 servant	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 servant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a servant					tree rules

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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