Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…

What was the consequence of the theft committed by Bruno?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, commit · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 theft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 theft	det
7	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 consequence	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Bruno	case
10	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 committed	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the theft	tree rules
2	commit	participle		the consequence not said here				by Bruno	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

Felicia got a cabbage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cabbage	det
4	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Felicia	a cabbage					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cabbage=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Felicia was left with a cabbage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 cabbage	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cabbage	det
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		Felicia				with a cabbage	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with cabbage=Theme

Option 3

Felicia was left with a turnip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 turnip	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 turnip	det
6	turnip	turnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		Felicia				with a turnip	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with turnip=Theme

Option 4

Felicia was given a stale loaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 loaf	det
5	stale	stale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loaf	amod
6	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		Felicia					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient loaf=Theme

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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