Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked n…

What was the principal property of the phoenix feathers with which the Princess's bed was stuffed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, stuff · To what, where: principal property, bed

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 property	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 property	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 property	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 property	amod
5	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 feathers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 feathers	det
8	phoenix	phoenix	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feathers	compound
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 property	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 stuffed	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Princess	det
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 bed	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Princess	case
15	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stuffed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 stuffed	aux:pass
17	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 feathers	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 property	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal property				of the phoenix feathers	tree rules
2	stuff	past · passive		the Princess's bed				with the phoenix feathers	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with which=Theme

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

they could not be sunk by waves

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	5 sunk	nsubj:pass
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sunk	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 sunk	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sunk	aux:pass
5	sunk	sink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 waves	case
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sunk	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sink	could · passive	waves	they					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they always floated upon water

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 floated	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 floated	advmod
3	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	past	they			water		always property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon water=Trajectory

Option 3

they kept the bed warm

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	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bed	det
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	they	the bed				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Theme

Option 4

they were white

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 white	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 white	cop
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					white property	tree rules

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