Exam question 1 · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da…

Which of the following did the Queen first attribute to a quantity of flax burnt upon her distaff as the cause of her sorrow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: her · What happens: follow, burnt, cause, sorrow · To what, where: flax, sorrow

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» 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	9 attribute	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 attribute	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 attribute	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 attribute	case
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 attribute	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 attribute	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 attribute	compound
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 attribute	amod
9	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 quantity	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 quantity	det
12	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attribute	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 flax	case
14	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 quantity	nmod
15	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 flax	acl
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 distaff	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 distaff	nmod:poss
18	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burnt	obl
19	as	as	ADP	_	21 cause	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cause	det
21	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burnt	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 sorrow	case
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 sorrow	nmod:poss
24	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cause	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 attribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	burnt	participle		flax not said here	upon her distaff; as the cause of her sorrow	tree rules
3	cause			her sorrow		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	sorrow		her = she			nom sorrow «feeling 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 loss of her wedding ring in the river during the hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ring	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ring	nmod:poss
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	compound
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	nmod
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 hunt	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hunt	det
12	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The burning of her flax by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burning	det
2	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 flax	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 flax	nmod:poss
5	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burning	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flax	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The loss of her green slipper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 slipper	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 slipper	nmod:poss
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slipper	amod
6	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The accidental burning of all her flax by the kitchen fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 burning	det
2	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 burning	amod
3	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 flax	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 flax	det:predet
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 flax	nmod:poss
7	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burning	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fire	compound
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flax	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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