Exam question 2 · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…

Which of the following accurately identifies the reason Blue Beard's neighbors' daughters declined his proposal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: daughters, Beard · What happens: follow, identify, decline, propose · To what, where: reason, proposal

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Beard	amod
10	Beard	Beard	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 neighbors	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Beard	case
12	neighbors	neighbor	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 daughters	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 neighbors	case
14	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 declined	nsubj
15	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 proposal	nmod:poss
17	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 declined	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	decline	past	Blue Beard's neighbors's daughters	Beard's proposal		vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme
4	propose		Beard			nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=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 right answer

They were deterred by his blue beard and by the disappearance of his former wives

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deterred	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deterred	aux:pass
3	deterred	deter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 beard	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beard	nmod:poss
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beard	amod
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deterred	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 disappearance	cc
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 disappearance	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 disappearance	det
11	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beard	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 wives	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wives	nmod:poss
14	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wives	amod
15	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 disappearance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	past · passive	his blue beard and the disappearance of his former wives	They					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality
2	disappear		his former wives						nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

They were deterred by his age and by his bad temper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deterred	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deterred	aux:pass
3	deterred	deter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 age	nmod:poss
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deterred	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 temper	cc
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 temper	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 temper	nmod:poss
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 temper	amod
11	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 age	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	past · passive	his age and his bad temper	They					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality
2	temper		his = he						nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

They were deterred by his poverty and his lack of property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deterred	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deterred	aux:pass
3	deterred	deter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 poverty	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 poverty	nmod:poss
6	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deterred	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lack	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lack	nmod:poss
9	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poverty	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 property	case
11	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	past · passive	his poverty and his lack of property	They					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality
2	lack		his = he	property					nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

They were deterred by his gilded coaches and his noisy household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deterred	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deterred	aux:pass
3	deterred	deter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 coaches	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coaches	nmod:poss
6	gilded	gild	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 coaches	amod
7	coaches	coach	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deterred	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 household	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 household	nmod:poss
10	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 household	amod
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coaches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	past · passive	his gilded coaches and his noisy household	They					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality
2	gild	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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