Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…
Identify the agent by whose intervention Cinderella was enabled to attend the ball.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Cinderella · What happens: identify, enable, attend · To what, where: agent, Cinderella, ball
This is exam question 4 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 agent | det |
| 3 | agent | agent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 intervention | case |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 intervention | nmod:poss |
| 6 | intervention | intervention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obl |
| 7 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 enabled | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 enabled | aux:pass |
| 9 | enabled | enable | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 intervention | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 attend | mark |
| 11 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 enabled | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ball | det |
| 13 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 attend | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the agent | by intervention | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | enable | past · passive | Cinderella | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | attend | to-infinitive | Cinderella not said here | the ball | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Goal |
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
Her father, using his own money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 father | nmod:poss |
| 2 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 using | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 father | punct |
| 4 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 money | amod |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 using | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | Her father | father's own money | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
Option 2
Her godmother, a fairy who came from the forest and turned a pumpkin into a coach
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fairy | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fairy | det |
| 5 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 godmother | appos |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fairy | acl:relcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 forest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 forest | det |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 turned | cc |
| 12 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pumpkin | det |
| 14 | pumpkin | pumpkin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | obj |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 coach | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 coach | det |
| 17 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a fairy | the forest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | Her godmother | a pumpkin | a coach | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pumpkin=Theme into coach=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Her godmother, a fairy with a wand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fairy | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fairy | det |
| 5 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 godmother | appos |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 wand | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wand | det |
| 8 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fairy | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Her godmother, a fairy with a wand who appeared at the kitchen hearth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 appeared | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fairy | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fairy | det |
| 5 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 godmother | appos |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 wand | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wand | det |
| 8 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fairy | nmod |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 appeared | nsubj |
| 10 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 hearth | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hearth | det |
| 13 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hearth | compound |
| 14 | hearth | hearth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 appeared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | Her godmother | the kitchen hearth | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hearth=Location |
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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