Exam question 3 · Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the e…

Indicate the object which Beauty selected to replace the jewels in the trunks.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, object · What happens: indicate, select, replace · To what, where: object, jewels, trunks

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» 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	Indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 selected	nsubj
5	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 selected	nsubj
6	selected	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 object	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 replace	mark
8	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 selected	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jewels	det
10	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 replace	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 trunks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trunks	det
13	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 replace	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the object		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot object=Topic
2	select	past	the object			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
3	replace	to-infinitive	the object not said here	the jewels	the trunks	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jewel=Co-Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Gold was placed in the trunks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 trunks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trunks	det
6	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		Gold		the trunks			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in trunk=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The jewels were removed and replaced with heavy bars of pure gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jewels	det
2	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 replaced	cc
6	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 removed	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 bars	case
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bars	amod
9	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 replaced	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 gold	case
11	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gold	amod
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bars	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive		the jewels					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	replace	participle						with heavy bars of pure gold	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme with bar=Co-Theme

Option 3

Her father's old clothes were packed in the trunks instead of gold

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	5 clothes	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 father	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clothes	amod
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 packed	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 packed	aux:pass
7	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 trunks	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trunks	det
10	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 packed	obl
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	13 gold	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 packed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack	past · passive		Her father's old clothes		the trunks		instead gold	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in trunk=Destination

Option 4

Silver coins were put inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coins	compound
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 put	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux:pass
4	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		Silver coins				inside property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal

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