Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

Which of the following accurately describes the paper dress worn by the stepdaughter in the second tale?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, wear · To what, where: paper dress

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» 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	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dress	det
8	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dress	compound
9	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
10	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dress	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 stepdaughter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stepdaughter	det
13	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worn	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 tale	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tale	det
16	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 tale	amod
17	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stepdaughter	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the paper dress	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dress=Theme
3	wear	participle	the paper dress not said here	by the stepdaughter in the second tale	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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

A paper coat, worn in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 coat	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coat	compound
3	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 worn	punct
5	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 coat	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 summer	case
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		a paper coat not said here			summer		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was a dress made of paper, and it was worn in winter

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	4 dress	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dress	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dress	det
4	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dress	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 paper	case
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 worn	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 worn	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 worn	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 worn	aux:pass
12	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dress	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 winter	case
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a dress			tree rules
2	make	participle		a dress not said here		of paper	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	wear	past · passive	a dress not said here	paper	winter		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was a dress of silk and lace

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	4 dress	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dress	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dress	det
4	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 silk	case
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lace	cc
8	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a dress and lace				of silk	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A dress made of paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dress	det
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dress	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 paper	case
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a dress not said here				of paper	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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