Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the s…

What was the final arrangement made for the two sisters by Cinderella?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, make · To what, where: final arrangement

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1430 «Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the sisters forgiven» 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 arrangement	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrangement	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arrangement	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arrangement	amod
5	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 arrangement	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 sisters	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sisters	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 sisters	nummod
10	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 Cinderella	case
12	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 arrangement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final arrangement					tree rules
2	make	participle		the final arrangement not said here				for the two sisters; by Cinderella	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sister=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

She lodged them in the palace and matched them with two great lords of the court, giving each a rich dowry

The tree, 21 words

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 lodged	nsubj
2	lodged	lodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lodged	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lodged	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 matched	cc
8	matched	match	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lodged	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 matched	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 lords	case
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 lords	nummod
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lords	amod
13	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 matched	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lords	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 giving	punct
18	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 matched	advcl
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	18 giving	obj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 dowry	det
21	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 dowry	amod
22	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lodge	past	She	them = they	the palace		vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in palace=Location
2	match	past	She not said here	them = they		with two great lords of the court	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient with lord=Co-Patient
3	give	gerund	She not said here	each			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent each=Recipient dowry=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She lodged them in the palace and matched them with two great lords

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 lodged	nsubj
2	lodged	lodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lodged	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lodged	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 matched	cc
8	matched	match	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lodged	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 matched	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 lords	case
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 lords	nummod
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lords	amod
13	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 matched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	past	She	them = they		the palace			vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in palace=Location
2	match	past	She not said here	them = they				with two great lords	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient with lord=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She housed them at the palace and found them husbands

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 housed	nsubj
2	housed	house	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 housed	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 housed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 found	cc
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 housed	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 found	obj
10	husbands	husband	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	house	past	She	them = they		the palace			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Value
2	find	past	She not said here	them = they					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme husband=Attribute

Option 4

She let them stay in the kitchen and matched them with two grooms

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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 matched	cc
9	matched	match	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 matched	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 grooms	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 grooms	nummod
13	grooms	groom	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 matched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	She	them = they			tree rules
2	stay	infinitive	them = they not said here		the kitchen		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location
3	match	past	She not said here	them = they		with two grooms	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient with groom=Co-Patient

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