Exam question 2 · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…
Which of the following best describes the nature of the choice offered by the old fairy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, offer · To what, where: nature, choice
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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 describes | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 best | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 best | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 best | case |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 describes | nmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 nature | det |
| 8 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 choice | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 choice | det |
| 11 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nature | nmod |
| 12 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 choice | acl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 fairy | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fairy | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fairy | amod |
| 16 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 offered | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the nature of the choice | of the best | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | offer | participle | the choice not said here | by the old fairy | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Goodness and wisdom, or beauty with vanity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 wisdom | cc |
| 3 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Goodness | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 beauty | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 beauty | cc |
| 6 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Goodness | appos |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 vanity | case |
| 8 | vanity | vanity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beauty | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Beauty or the throne, a simple pick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 throne | cc |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 throne | det |
| 4 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Beauty | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pick | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pick | det |
| 7 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pick | amod |
| 8 | pick | pick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Beauty | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Stay good and wise, or become beautiful but stay vain and foolish for the rest of her life
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wise | cc |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 good | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 become | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 become | cc |
| 7 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 8 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 become | xcomp |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 stay | cc |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 11 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stay | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 foolish | cc |
| 13 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 vain | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 rest | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 rest | det |
| 16 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stay | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 life | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 life | nmod:poss |
| 19 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | good property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | become | infinitive | you not said here | beautiful property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stay | present | you not said here | for the rest of her life; vain property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A choice between being rich and famous across the land, or being plain but kind to everyone
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rich | nsubj |
| 3 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 rich | case |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 rich | cop |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 famous | cc |
| 7 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rich | conj |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 land | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 land | det |
| 10 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rich | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 plain | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 plain | cc |
| 13 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 plain | cop |
| 14 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rich | conj |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 kind | cc |
| 16 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 plain | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 everyone | case |
| 18 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 kind | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | a choice | the land | rich property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | a choice not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | gerund | a choice not said here | plain property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | a choice not said here | to everyone | 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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