Exam question 3 · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

State the reason Titty was called by that name among the bricklayer's household.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: name · What happens: call · To what, where: Titty · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	Titty	Titty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 name	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 name	det
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	obl
10	among	among	ADP	_	14 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bricklayer	det
12	bricklayer	bricklayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 household	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 bricklayer	case
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive	that name	Titty				among the bricklayer's household	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

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

She was teased about her complexion by the bricklayer's children, which was the colour of wet clay and mud

The tree, 20 words

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 teased	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teased	aux:pass
3	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 complexion	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 complexion	nmod:poss
6	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 children	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bricklayer	det
9	bricklayer	bricklayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 children	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 bricklayer	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teased	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 colour	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 colour	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 colour	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 colour	det
16	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	parataxis
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 clay	case
18	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 clay	amod
19	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 colour	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 mud	cc
21	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 clay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · passive	the bricklayer's children	She				about her complexion	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	is a	past		the colour				of wet clay and mud	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was teased about her complexion by the bricklayer's children every day, which was the colour of wet clay and mud

The tree, 22 words

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 teased	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teased	aux:pass
3	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 complexion	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 complexion	nmod:poss
6	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 children	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bricklayer	det
9	bricklayer	bricklayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 children	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 bricklayer	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teased	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obl:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 colour	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 colour	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 colour	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 colour	det
18	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 day	appos
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 clay	case
20	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 clay	amod
21	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 colour	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 mud	cc
23	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 clay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · passive	the bricklayer's children	She			day	about her complexion	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	is a	past	every day	the colour				of wet clay and mud	tree rules

Option 3

She was teased about her dress, which was the colour of straw

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 teased	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teased	aux:pass
3	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 dress	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dress	nmod:poss
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 colour	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 colour	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 colour	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 colour	det
11	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dress	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 straw	case
13	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · passive		She				about her dress	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is a	past	her dress	the colour				of straw	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was teased about her complexion, which was the colour of clay

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 teased	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teased	aux:pass
3	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 complexion	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 complexion	nmod:poss
6	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 colour	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 colour	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 colour	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 colour	det
11	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 complexion	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 clay	case
13	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · passive		She				about her complexion	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is a	past	her complexion	the colour				of clay	tree rules

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