Exam question 3 · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

What function does the mouse perform with respect to the Queen's provisions?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: function, Queen · What happens: perform, provide

This is exam question 3 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 function	det
2	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 perform	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouse	det
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 provisions	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 provisions	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Queen	case
13	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · do-support	what function					with respect; to the Queen's provisions	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	provide		the Queen						nom provision «communication intransitive»: 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

It removes the peas from the dish and then replenishes it with a great feast from elsewhere

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peas	det
4	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 dish	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dish	det
7	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peas	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 replenishes	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 replenishes	advmod
10	replenishes	replenish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 removes	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 replenishes	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 feast	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 feast	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 feast	amod
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 replenishes	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 elsewhere	case
17	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	10 replenishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	the peas		the dish			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pea=Theme from dish=Source
2	replenish	present		dish			then	with a great feast	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with feast=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It removes the peas and replenishes the dish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peas	det
4	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 replenishes	cc
6	replenishes	replenish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 removes	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dish	det
8	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 replenishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	the peas					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pea=Theme
2	replenish	present		the dish					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dish=Destination

Option 3

It moves the peas and refills the bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 moves	nsubj
2	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peas	det
4	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moves	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 refills	cc
6	refills	refill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 moves	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	It	the peas					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme pea=Result
2	refill	present		the bowl					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It fetches the bread and water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fetches	nsubj
2	fetches	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bread	det
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetches	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 water	cc
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	present	It	the bread and water					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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