Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

Which of the following most accurately describes the means by which the Fairy first assessed the Queen's fidelity?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, Fairy · What happens: follow, describe, mean, assess · To what, where: fidelity · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describes	ccomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 assessed	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Fairy	det
13	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 assessed	nsubj
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 assessed	advmod
15	assessed	assess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 means	ccomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 fidelity	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Queen	case
19	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 assessed	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	assess	past	the Fairy	the Queen's fidelity	first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fidelity=Theme

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

By turning into a crow and landing on the tree branch above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 turning	mark
2	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 crow	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crow	det
5	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 landing	cc
7	landing	land	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 turning	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 branch	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 branch	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 branch	compound
11	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 landing	obl
12	above	above	ADV	_	7 landing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund						into a crow result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into crow=Result
2	land	gerund				the tree branch		above property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on branch=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By assuming the form of an elderly woman addressing her from a window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 assuming	mark
2	assuming	assume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assuming	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 woman	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
9	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assuming	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 addressing	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 window	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 window	det
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 addressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	assume	gerund	the form of a elderly woman			vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	address	gerund		woman	a window	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination
3	form		a elderly woman			nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

By a magic spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 spell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
3	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spell	amod
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By disguising herself as a stranger at the gate of the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disguising	mark
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguising	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 stranger	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stranger	det
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund		herself = she		the gate of the court		as a stranger	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme herself=Destination

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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