Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the turkey-maiden gave for having left the household of Cancaline?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: turkey maiden · What happens: follow, state, give, have, leave · To what, where: reason, household

This is exam question 4 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 maiden	det
10	turkey	turkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 maiden	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 turkey	punct
12	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	15 having	mark
15	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 gave	advcl
16	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 having	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 household	det
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Cancaline	case
20	Cancaline	Cancaline	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 household	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	give	past	the turkey maiden	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	have	gerund	the turkey maiden not said here			tree rules
5	leave	participle	the turkey maiden not said here	the household of Cancaline		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=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 · ← Mova's choice

She had been sent away by Cancaline for stealing from her

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	4 sent	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Cancaline	case
7	Cancaline	Cancaline	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 stealing	mark
9	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sent	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past · perfect · passive	Cancaline	She				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	steal	gerund	Cancaline not said here	Cancaline					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme

Option 2

She was bored

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 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	cop
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					bored property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She had received nothing but blows and harsh words from her

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 received	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 received	aux
3	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 received	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 blows	cc
6	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nothing	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 words	cc
8	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nothing	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 received	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect	She	nothing					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme her=Location

Option 4

Cancaline was cruel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cancaline	Cancaline	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cruel	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cruel	cop
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Cancaline					cruel property	tree rules

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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