Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the…

In the passage, what is the principal reason given for the guards binding the hands and feet of Delicia?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage · What happens: be, give, bind · To what, where: principal reason, hands

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 passage	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 passage	det
3	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reason	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 reason	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passage	conj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 guards	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guards	det
13	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 given	obl
14	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 given	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hands	det
16	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 binding	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 feet	cc
18	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hands	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Delicia	case
20	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 hands	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the passage and the principal reason	the principal reason		tree rules
2	give	participle		the principal reason not said here	for the guards	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for guard=Asset
3	bind	gerund		the hands of Delicia and feet		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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

The guards bound her for fear that she might attempt to escape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bound	nsubj
3	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bound	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fear	case
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bound	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 attempt	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 attempt	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 attempt	aux
10	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bound	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 escape	mark
12	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 attempt	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bind	past	the guards	her = she	for fear	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	attempt	might	she			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To stop her escaping.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stop	obj
4	escaping	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		her = she					tree rules
2	escape	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They feared she would try to run off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 try	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 try	aux
5	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 run	mark
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 try	xcomp
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 run	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	fear	past	They	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	try	would	she	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	run off not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She was a prisoner.

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 prisoner	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prisoner	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prisoner	det
4	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prisoner	punct

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

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