Exam question 4 · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

What, according to the nurse, was the fate predicted for the sultan's daughter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, be, predict · To what, where: nurse, fate

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 fate	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 What	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 nurse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nurse	det
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 according	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fate	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fate	det
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	predicted	predict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fate	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	16 daughter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sultan	det
14	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 sultan	case
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 predicted	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund		to the nurse goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to nurse=Goal
2	is a	past	the fate		tree rules
3	predict	participle	the fate not said here	for the sultan's daughter	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

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

That she would be unhappy with her spouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 unhappy	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unhappy	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 unhappy	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 unhappy	cop
5	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 spouse	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 spouse	nmod:poss
8	spouse	spouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unhappy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	That					with her spouse; unhappy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That she would be unfortunate in her husband and suffer great sorrow in her marriage

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 unfortunate	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unfortunate	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 unfortunate	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 unfortunate	cop
5	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 husband	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 husband	nmod:poss
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unfortunate	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 suffer	cc
10	suffer	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unfortunate	conj
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sorrow	amod
12	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suffer	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 marriage	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 marriage	nmod:poss
15	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suffer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	would	That			in her husband; unfortunate property	tree rules
2	suffer	present	That not said here	great sorrow	her marriage		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sorrow=Stimulus
3	marry		her = she				nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That she would be unfortunate in her husband

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 unfortunate	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unfortunate	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 unfortunate	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 unfortunate	cop
5	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 husband	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 husband	nmod:poss
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unfortunate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	That					in her husband; unfortunate property	tree rules

Option 4

That the stars showed she would be unfortunate in the husband chosen for her by the king

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 showed	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stars	det
3	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 showed	nsubj
4	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 unfortunate	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 unfortunate	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 unfortunate	cop
8	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 showed	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 husband	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 husband	det
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unfortunate	obl
12	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 husband	acl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chosen	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 king	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chosen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	past	That			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	she		in the husband; unfortunate property	tree rules
3	choose	participle		the husband not said here	for her = she; by the king	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for she=Beneficiary

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