Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

Which of the following accurately states the fate foretold for the youngest daughter in the volume found within the forbidden chamber?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fate · What happens: follow, state, foretell, find, forbid · To what, where: fate, volume

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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	accurately	accurately	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 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 found	nsubj
9	foretold	foretell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 fate	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 daughter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 daughter	det
12	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 daughter	amod
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 foretold	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 volume	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 volume	det
16	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 foretold	obl
17	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 states	parataxis
18	within	within	ADP	_	21 chamber	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 chamber	det
20	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 chamber	amod
21	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 found	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present				accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	foretell	participle		the fate not said here	the volume	for the youngest daughter	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	find	past	the fate			within the forbidden chamber	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	forbid	participle					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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 destined to be wed to a prince from the West

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 destined	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 destined	aux:pass
3	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 wed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 wed	aux:pass
6	wed	w	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 destined	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 prince	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wed	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 West	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 West	det
12	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 prince	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destine	past · passive		She					tree rules
2	w	to-infinitive · passive						to a prince from the West	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was fated to be the bride of a bear from the far South

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 fated	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fated	cop
3	fated	fated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 bride	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 bride	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bride	det
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fated	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bear	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bear	det
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bride	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 South	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 South	det
13	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 South	amod
14	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					fated property	tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	She not said here	the bride				of a bear from the far South	tree rules

Option 3

She would marry a pig

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 marry	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 marry	aux
3	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pig	det
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	would	She	a pig					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was destined to be married to a pig from the North

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 destined	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 destined	aux:pass
3	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 married	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 married	aux:pass
6	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 destined	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 pig	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pig	det
9	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 married	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 North	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 North	det
12	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 married	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destine	past · passive		She					tree rules
2	marry	to-infinitive · passive				the North		to a pig	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to pig=Co-Patient

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