Exam question 4 · Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and…

By what authority did the mother of the girl advise her concerning the lost circlet, and what was her counsel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: authority, mother · What happens: do, advise, concern, lose, be · To what, where: authority, lost circlet, counsel

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1533 «Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and a lost ring, slipper and circlet» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advise	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 girl	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mother	nmod
10	advise	advise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 advise	obj
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 advise	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 circlet	det
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 circlet	amod
15	circlet	circlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 counsel	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 counsel	cc
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 counsel	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 counsel	cop
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 counsel	nmod:poss
21	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	authority		tree rules
2	advise speech: other	infinitive	the mother of the girl	authority	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	concern not said to happen	gerund	authority not said here	the lost circlet	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus circlet=Experiencer
4	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	past		authority's counsel	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She advised that the girl need not grieve, since finer circlets would be provided

The tree, 14 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 advised	nsubj
2	advised	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 grieve	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grieve	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	acl:relcl
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 need	advmod
8	grieve	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 advised	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 provided	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 provided	mark
11	finer	fine	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 circlets	amod
12	circlets	circlet	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 provided	nsubj:pass
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 provided	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 provided	aux:pass
15	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 advised	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	advise speech: other	past	She		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not need	present	the girl not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	grieve	infinitive	the girl		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	provide	would · passive		finer circlets	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

She suggested that the girl should not fret, because a new golden circlet would be made

The tree, 16 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 suggested	nsubj
2	suggested	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 fret	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fret	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fret	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 fret	advmod
8	fret	fret	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 suggested	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 made	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 made	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 circlet	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 circlet	amod
13	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 circlet	amod
14	circlet	circlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	nsubj:pass
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 made	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 made	aux:pass
17	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 suggested	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not fret	should	the girl		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	make	would · passive		a new golden circlet	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

She counselled that the girl should not weep, as richer jewels would be brought to her

The tree, 16 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 counselled	nsubj
2	counselled	counsell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 weep	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 weep	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 weep	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 weep	advmod
8	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 counselled	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 brought	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 brought	mark
11	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 jewels	amod
12	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 brought	nsubj:pass
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 brought	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 brought	aux:pass
15	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 counselled	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	counsell	past	She			tree rules
2	not weep	should	the girl			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bring	would · passive		richer jewels	girl	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to she=Destination

Option 4

She said finer ones would come

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	finer	fine	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	would	finer ones						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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