Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked n…

What was the outcome for the false bride upon her arrival at the palace?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bride · What happens: be, arrive · To what, where: outcome, palace

This is exam question 4 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	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bride	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bride	det
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bride	amod
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 arrival	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 arrival	nmod:poss
11	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bride	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arrival	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				for the false bride upon bride's arrival at the palace	tree rules
2	arrive		bride			the palace			nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 hanged

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	3 hanged	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	aux:pass
3	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past · passive		she					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she was sent to the sea

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		she		the sea			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 3

she was beheaded in the square

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	3 beheaded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beheaded	aux:pass
3	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 square	det
6	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behead	past · passive		she		the square			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she was confined in the great tower

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	3 confined	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tower	amod
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	past · passive		she		the great tower			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in tower=Destination

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