Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…
According to the narrative, what was the principal reason for the Princess's willingness to enter the cavern?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative · What happens: accord, be, enter · To what, where: principal reason, cavern
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 narrative | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 narrative | det |
| 4 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 reason | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 reason | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 reason | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 reason | det |
| 9 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 reason | amod |
| 10 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 narrative | acl:relcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 willingness | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Princess | det |
| 13 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 willingness | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Princess | case |
| 15 | willingness | willingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reason | nmod |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 enter | mark |
| 17 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 reason | acl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 cavern | det |
| 19 | cavern | cavern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 enter | obj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 narrative | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | the narrative | the principal reason | for the Princess's willingness | tree rules | |||
| 3 | enter | to-infinitive | the cavern | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cavern=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
Her fear of what might be behind her and her hope of finding a kind fairy inside
The tree, 17 words
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 fear | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 what | case |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 fear | nmod |
| 5 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 her | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 her | cop |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hope | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hope | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 her | conj |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 13 finding | mark |
| 13 | finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 hope | acl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fairy | det |
| 15 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fairy | amod |
| 16 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 finding | obj |
| 17 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 13 finding | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | might | behind her = she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | find | gerund | her hope not said here | a kind fairy | inside property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic | |||
| 3 | fear | Her = she | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | hope | her = she | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish to see the fairies dance
The tree, 16 words
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 fear | nmod:poss |
| 2 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 fear | amod |
| 3 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 dance | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 anger | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 anger | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fear | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wish | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wish | nmod:poss |
| 11 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fear | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 see | mark |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wish | acl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fairies | det |
| 15 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 see | obj |
| 16 | dance | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish not said here | the fairies | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | dance | present | Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | fear | Her = she | the King's anger | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | |||||
| 5 | anger | the King | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 6 | wish | her = she | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Her love for the Sheep King
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 love | nmod:poss |
| 2 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 King | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 5 | Sheep | Sheep | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 King | compound |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 love | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | Her = she | for the Sheep King | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Her fear of what might be behind her
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 fear | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 what | case |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 fear | appos |
| 5 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 behind | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 behind | cop |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 what | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | Her = she | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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