Exam question 3 · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…

Which of the following correctly states the instruction Blue Beard gave to his wife concerning the keys?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction · What happens: follow, state, give, concern · To what, where: wife, keys · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 instruction	det
8	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
9	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gave	nsubj
10	Beard	Beard	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Blue	flat
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 states	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 wife	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl
15	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 gave	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 keys	det
17	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 concerning	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present				correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give	past	the instruction		instruction's wife		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient
4	concern	gerund	the instruction not said here	the keys			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus key=Experiencer

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

She was to open the closet first and report its contents to him

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	4 open	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 open	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 open	mark
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 closet	det
6	closet	closet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 open	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 open	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 report	cc
9	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 open	conj
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 contents	nmod:poss
11	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 report	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					first, open property	tree rules
2	report	infinitive	She not said here	closet's contents	him = he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent contents=Topic to he=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was to open every room except the little closet at the end of the ground-floor gallery

The tree, 18 words

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	4 open	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 open	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 open	mark
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 open	obj
7	except	except	ADP	_	10 closet	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 closet	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 closet	amod
10	closet	closet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 room	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 open	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	19 gallery	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gallery	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 floor	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 ground	punct
18	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gallery	compound
19	gallery	gallery	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She				at the end of the floor gallery	open property	tree rules

Option 3

She was to open only the strong boxes and to leave all wardrobes shut

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	4 open	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 open	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 open	mark
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 boxes	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boxes	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boxes	amod
8	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leave	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 leave	mark
11	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 open	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 wardrobes	det
13	wardrobes	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 leave	obj
14	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 leave	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		open property	tree rules
2	leave	to-infinitive	She not said here	all wardrobes		tree rules
3	shut	participle	all wardrobes not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was to lock every room and keep the master-key for herself

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	4 lock	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lock	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 lock	mark
4	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lock	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lock	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 key	det
10	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 key	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 master	punct
12	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 herself	case
14	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					lock property	tree rules
2	keep	infinitive	She not said here	the master key				for herself = she	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme

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