Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's…

What is the stated reason the fairies transformed the Princess into a white cat?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: stated reason, fairies · What happens: be, state, transform · To what, where: Princess

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» 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	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fairies	det
7	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 transformed	nsubj
8	transformed	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 transformed	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 cat	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cat	det
13	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cat	amod
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the stated reason			tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	transform	past	the fairies	the Princess	into a white cat result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent princess=Patient into cat=Result

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

Her cruel words to the fairy

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	3 words	nmod:poss
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 words	amod
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 fairy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fairy	det
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		Her = she					to the fairy	nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

Her refusal to wed the king of the dwarfs

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 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wed	mark
4	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dwarfs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarfs	det
9	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wed	to-infinitive	Her refusal	the king of the dwarfs					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
2	refuse		Her = she						nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She insulted the fairies

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 insulted	nsubj
2	insulted	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fairies	det
4	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 insulted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past	She	the fairies					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer

Option 4

Her refusal to marry the dwarf

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 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dwarf	det
6	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	to-infinitive	Her refusal	the dwarf					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient
2	refuse		Her = she						nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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