Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…
Account for the failure of the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: final attempt, fairy · What happens: fail, attempt
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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 | Account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 failure | nsubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 failure | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 failure | det |
| 4 | failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 attempt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fairy | det |
| 7 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 fairy | case |
| 9 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 attempt | amod |
| 10 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 failure | nmod |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 Felicia | case |
| 12 | Felicia | Felicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 attempt | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 failure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 2 | attempt | the fairy | upon Felicia | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The rats were unable to frighten Felicia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rats | det |
| 2 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 unable | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 unable | cop |
| 4 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 frighten | mark |
| 6 | frighten | frighten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 unable | xcomp |
| 7 | Felicia | Felicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 frighten | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the rats | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | frighten | to-infinitive | the rats not said here | Felicia | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus felicia=Experiencer |
Option 2
The zephyrs carried her away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 zephyrs | det |
| 2 | zephyrs | zephyr | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 carried | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry away | past | the zephyrs | her = she | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3
The King stopped her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stopped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the King | her = she | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality |
Option 4
The fairy lacked magic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fairy | det |
| 2 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lacked | nsubj |
| 3 | lacked | lack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lacked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lack | past | the fairy | magic | tree rules |
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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