Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

Identify the consequence that befell the King's youngest daughter upon learning of the prophecy contained in the book read by her sisters.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, consequence · What happens: identify, befall, contain, read · To what, where: consequence, youngest daughter, prophecy, book

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 befell	nsubj
5	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consequence	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 daughter	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 King	case
9	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 daughter	amod
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 befell	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 learning	case
12	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 befell	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 prophecy	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prophecy	det
15	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learning	nmod
16	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 prophecy	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 book	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 book	det
19	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 contained	obl
20	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 book	acl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 sisters	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 sisters	nmod:poss
23	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 read	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the consequence			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	befall	past	the consequence	the King's youngest daughter		upon learning of the prophecy	tree rules
3	contain	participle		the prophecy not said here	the book		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location
4	read	participle		the book not said here		by her sisters	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: 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

She suffered a severe fainting fit and nearly died of misery

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	2 suffered	nsubj
2	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fit	det
4	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fit	amod
5	fainting	fainting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	compound
6	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suffered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 died	cc
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	9 died	advmod
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 suffered	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 misery	case
11	misery	misery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	past	She	a severe fainting fit					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fit=Stimulus
2	die	past	She not said here					of misery; nearly property	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of misery=Causer

Option 2

She grew ill and sank into a silent despair for a long season

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	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sank	cc
5	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 despair	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 despair	det
8	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 despair	amod
9	despair	despair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sank	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 season	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 season	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 season	amod
13	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	She					ill property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sink	past	She not said here			a silent despair	season		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

She grew somewhat tired

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	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	She					tired property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She suffered a severe fainting fit and nearly died of misery, and her sisters were forced to nurse her for many weeks

The tree, 22 words

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	2 suffered	nsubj
2	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fit	det
4	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fit	amod
5	fainting	fainting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	compound
6	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suffered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 died	cc
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	9 died	advmod
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 suffered	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 misery	case
11	misery	misery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 forced	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 forced	cc
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sisters	nmod:poss
15	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 forced	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 forced	aux:pass
17	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 suffered	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 nurse	mark
19	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 forced	xcomp
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 forced	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 weeks	case
22	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 weeks	amod
23	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 forced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	past	She	a severe fainting fit			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fit=Stimulus
2	die	past	She not said here			of misery; nearly property	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of misery=Causer
3	force	past · passive		her sisters	week		tree rules

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