Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen ros…

Explain why Beauty resolves to accompany her father to the castle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Beauty · What happens: explain, resolve, accompany · To what, where: father, castle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 resolves	advmod
3	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 resolves	nsubj
4	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 accompany	mark
6	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 resolves	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompany	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 castle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 castle	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompany	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	resolve	present	Beauty			tree rules
3	accompany	to-infinitive	Beauty not said here	Beauty's father	the castle	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent father=Theme to castle=Destination

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 intends to marry the Beast so she can gain riches and power for the entire merchant family and end their poverty for good

The tree, 24 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 intends	nsubj
2	intends	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 gain	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Beast	det
6	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 gain	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gain	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 gain	aux
10	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intends	ccomp
11	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gain	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 power	cc
13	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 riches	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	18 family	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 family	det
16	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 family	amod
17	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 family	compound
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 riches	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 end	cc
20	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 intends	conj
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 poverty	nmod:poss
22	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 end	obj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 good	case
24	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	intend	present	She			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry	to-infinitive	she not said here	the Beast		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Patient
3	gain	can	she	riches and power	for the entire merchant family	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rich=Theme for family=Source
4	end	present	She not said here	riches's poverty	for good	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality poverty=Eventuality

Option 2

She hopes to earn her sisters' forgiveness by being brave and kind to the Beast

The tree, 16 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 hopes	nsubj
2	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 earn	mark
4	earn	earn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hopes	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sisters	nmod:poss
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 earn	obj
7	'	's	PART	_	6 sisters	case
8	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earn	obj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 brave	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 brave	cop
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 earn	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kind	cc
13	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 brave	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 Beast	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Beast	det
16	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hope	present	She				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	earn not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	forgiveness	her sisters		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent sister=Beneficiary forgiveness=Theme
3	is	gerund	She not said here			brave property	tree rules
4	be		She not said here			to the Beast	tree rules

Option 3

She feels pity for the Beast and wants to free him from his loneliness and curse

The tree, 16 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 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feels	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 Beast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Beast	det
6	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pity	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wants	cc
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feels	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 free	mark
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wants	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wants	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 loneliness	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 loneliness	nmod:poss
14	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 curse	cc
16	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loneliness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	She	pity				for the Beast	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pity=Location for beast=Theme
2	want	present	She not said here	him = he		his loneliness and curse		free property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She wishes to fulfil her father's promise, accepting that her own request caused the misfortune

The tree, 16 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 wishes	nsubj
2	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fulfil	mark
4	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wishes	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promise	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 father	case
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fulfil	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 accepting	punct
10	accepting	accept	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fulfil	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 caused	mark
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 request	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 request	amod
14	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 caused	nsubj
15	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 accepting	ccomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 misfortune	det
17	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 caused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	present	She		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	fulfil not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	her father's promise	tree rules
3	accept	gerund	She not said here		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	cause	past	her own request	the misfortune	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition misfortune=Patient
5	promise		her father		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	request		her = she		nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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