Exam question 2 · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…
What is the principal reason the King spares the lives of the Queen and Princess?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: be, spare · To what, where: principal reason, lives
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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 | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 spares | nsubj |
| 8 | spares | spare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lives | det |
| 10 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 spares | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Queen | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Queen | det |
| 13 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 lives | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Princess | cc |
| 15 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Queen | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | spare | present | the King | the lives of the Queen and Princess | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset |
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
His advisers think killing is wasteful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 advisers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | advisers | adviser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 think | nsubj |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | killing | killing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wasteful | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wasteful | cop |
| 6 | wasteful | wasteful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | His advisers | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | killing | wasteful property | tree rules |
Option 2
He feels pity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | He | pity | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His courtiers consider the execution a pity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 courtiers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 consider | nsubj |
| 3 | consider | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 execution | det |
| 5 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consider | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pity | det |
| 7 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consider | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | present | His courtiers | the execution | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent execution=Theme pity=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Because the people love the Queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 love | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 people | det |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Queen | det |
| 6 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | the people | the Queen | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus |
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