Exam question 2 · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

According to the narrative, what is the precise reason the princesses' satin shoes are found worn into holes each morning?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative, precise reason, satin shoes · What happens: accord, be, find, wear · To what, where: narrative, precise reason, satin shoes, holes

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» 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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 According	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 reason	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princesses	det
12	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shoes	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 princesses	case
14	satin	satin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shoes	compound
15	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 found	nsubj:pass
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 found	aux:pass
17	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 reason	acl:relcl
18	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 found	xcomp
19	into	into	ADP	_	20 holes	case
20	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 worn	obl
21	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	22 morning	det
22	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 holes	nmod:unmarked
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 According	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				to the narrative goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal
2	is a	present	the narrative	the precise reason			tree rules
3	find	present · passive	the precise reason not said here	the princesses's satin shoes			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
4	wear	participle	the princesses's satin shoes not said here		holes each morning		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

The narrative does not state the cause, as the princesses claim to have been asleep

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 narrative	det
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 state	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 state	advmod
5	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cause	det
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 claim	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 claim	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princesses	det
11	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 claim	nsubj
12	claim	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 state	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	16 asleep	mark
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 asleep	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 asleep	cop
16	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 claim	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not state speech: other	present · do-support	the narrative	the cause		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
2	claim speech: other	present	the princesses			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive · perfect	the princesses not said here		asleep property	tree rules

Option 2

They were enchanted by a witch

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 enchanted	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 enchanted	aux:pass
3	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 witch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enchanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	past · passive	a witch	They					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The princes wore them down by dancing with the princesses in secret every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princes	det
2	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wore	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 wore	compound:prt
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 dancing	mark
7	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wore	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 princesses	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princesses	det
10	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dancing	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 secret	case
12	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dancing	obl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear down	past	the princes	them = they			night		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
2	dance	gerund	the princes not said here			secret		with the princesses	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in secret=Location

Option 4

The gardener secretly wore them out while he worked in the castle grounds each night

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 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wore	nsubj
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 wore	advmod
4	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 grounds	advcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wore	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 wore	compound:prt
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 worked	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worked	nsubj
9	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 grounds	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worked	obl
13	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grounds	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wear out	past	the gardener	them = they		secretly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
2	work	past	gardener			in the castle	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in castle=Theme
3	ground	present			night		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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