Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two sisters at the founta…

Describe the relationship between the stepmother and the youngest daughter as presented in the opening passage of the first tale.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, first tale · What happens: describe, present, pass · To what, where: relationship, opening passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1477 «Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two sisters at the fountain, one gets pearls and diamonds, the other gets snakes and toads» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 relationship	det
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 stepmother	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmother	det
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 daughter	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 daughter	det
9	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 daughter	amod
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	conj
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 presented	mark
12	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Describe	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
15	opening	opening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 passage	amod
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 presented	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 tale	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tale	det
19	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 tale	amod
20	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 passage	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the relationship and the youngest daughter		between the stepmother	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme
2	present	participle	you not said here		the opening passage of the first tale		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pass		the first tale				nom passage «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

The mother showed a gentle, loving regard for the youngest daughter and often praised her efforts

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 regard	det
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 regard	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gentle	punct
7	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 regard	amod
8	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 daughter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 daughter	det
11	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 daughter	amod
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 regard	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 praised	cc
14	often	often	ADV	_	15 praised	advmod
15	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 showed	conj
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 efforts	nmod:poss
17	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 praised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the mother	a gentle loving regard				for the youngest daughter	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent regard=Recipient
2	praise	past	the mother not said here	mother's efforts				often property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effort=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The mother held a cruel aversion for the youngest daughter and made her labour continually

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	nsubj
3	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 aversion	det
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 aversion	amod
6	aversion	aversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 daughter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 daughter	det
9	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 daughter	amod
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 held	conj
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 labour	nmod:poss
14	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obj
15	continually	continually	ADV	_	12 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the mother	a cruel aversion				for the youngest daughter	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aversion=Theme
2	make	past	the mother not said here	mother's labour				continually property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset labour=Product

Option 3

The mother loved her dearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loved	nsubj
3	loved	love	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 loved	obj
5	dearly	dearly	ADV	_	3 loved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	the mother	her = she				dearly property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

The mother kept a sharp dislike for the youngest daughter and set her to work without pause

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dislike	det
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dislike	amod
6	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 daughter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 daughter	det
9	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 daughter	amod
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 set	cc
12	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 set	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 work	mark
15	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 set	xcomp
16	without	without	ADP	_	17 pause	case
17	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the mother	a sharp dislike	for the youngest daughter	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Theme
2	set	past	the mother not said here	mother		tree rules
3	work	to-infinitive	the mother not said here		without pause	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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