Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

State the reason, given in the text, for which the youngest Princess experienced a lasting sense of guilt during her father's absence.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youngest Princess, father · What happens: give, experience, sense, absent · To what, where: State reason, text, lasting sense, guilt

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 text	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 text	det
8	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 experienced	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 experienced	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
13	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 Princess	amod
14	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 experienced	nsubj
15	experienced	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sense	det
17	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sense	amod
18	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 experienced	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 guilt	case
20	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sense	nmod
21	during	during	ADP	_	25 absence	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 father	nmod:poss
23	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 absence	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 father	case
25	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 experienced	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the State reason not said here	the text			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	experience	past	the youngest Princess	a lasting sense of guilt		during Princess's father's absence	for the State reason	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sense=Stimulus
3	sense			guilt				nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	absent		Princess's father					nom absence «state transitive»: 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

She had ignored her sisters' advice about the locked wardrobe in the hall

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 ignored	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ignored	aux
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sisters	nmod:poss
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 advice	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 sisters	case
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignored	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 wardrobe	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wardrobe	det
10	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 wardrobe	amod
11	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignored	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past · perfect	She	her sisters's advice		the hall		about the locked wardrobe	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

She had betrayed her sisters' trust during the long summer months

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 betrayed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 betrayed	aux
3	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sisters	nmod:poss
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trust	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 sisters	case
7	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 betrayed	obj
8	during	during	ADP	_	12 months	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 months	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 months	amod
11	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 months	compound
12	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 betrayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betray	past · perfect	She	her sisters's trust			month		tree rules
2	trust		her sisters						nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She had disobeyed her father's explicit command concerning the chamber, opened the door and read every page of the book

The tree, 21 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	3 disobeyed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disobeyed	aux
3	disobeyed	disobey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 command	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 father	case
7	explicit	explicit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 command	amod
8	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disobeyed	obj
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 command	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chamber	det
11	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 opened	punct
13	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disobeyed	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 opened	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 read	cc
17	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 disobeyed	conj
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 page	det
19	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 read	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 book	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 book	det
22	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 page	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	disobey	past	She	her father's explicit command	tree rules
2	concern	gerund	her father's explicit command not said here	the chamber	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chamber=Experiencer
3	open	past	She not said here	the door	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
4	read	infinitive	She not said here	every page of the book	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic
5	command		her father		nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	page			the book	nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She had disobeyed her father's explicit command concerning the chamber

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 disobeyed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disobeyed	aux
3	disobeyed	disobey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 command	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 father	case
7	explicit	explicit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 command	amod
8	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disobeyed	obj
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 disobeyed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chamber	det
11	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	disobey	past	She	her father's explicit command	tree rules
2	concern	gerund	She not said here	the chamber	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chamber=Experiencer
3	command		her father		nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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