Exam question 4 · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel…
What is the principal reason Marie gives for permitting Snowflake to attend the festivity?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Marie · What happens: be, give, permit, attend · To what, where: principal reason, Snowflake, festivity
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» 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 | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | Marie | Marie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | nsubj |
| 7 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 permitting | mark |
| 9 | permitting | permit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 gives | advcl |
| 10 | Snowflake | snowflake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 permitting | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 attend | mark |
| 12 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 permitting | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 festivity | det |
| 14 | festivity | festivity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 attend | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | present | Marie | the principal reason not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 3 | permit | gerund | Marie not said here | Snowflake | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer snowflake=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | attend not said to happen | to-infinitive | Marie not said here | the festivity | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme festivity=Goal |
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
She wants the girl to have a happy time
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 have | mark |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | She | the girl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | the girl not said here | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She urges her to be happy with her friends
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 | 2 urges | nsubj |
| 2 | urges | urge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 urges | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 happy | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 happy | cop |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 urges | ccomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friends | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 happy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | urge | present | She | her = she | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | with her friends; happy property | tree rules |
Option 3
She hopes the girl will enjoy the dancing
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 | 2 hopes | nsubj |
| 2 | hopes | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 enjoy | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 enjoy | aux |
| 6 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hopes | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dancing | det |
| 8 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 enjoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | present | She | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | enjoy | future | the girl | the dancing | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dancing=Stimulus |
Option 4
She believes that the festival will bring the child good luck and protect her from harm all year
The tree, 18 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 | 2 believes | nsubj |
| 2 | believes | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 bring | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 festival | det |
| 5 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 bring | aux |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 believes | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obj |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 luck | amod |
| 11 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 protect | cc |
| 13 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 bring | conj |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 protect | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 harm | case |
| 16 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 protect | obl |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 year | det |
| 18 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 protect | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | She | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | bring | future | the festival | good luck | the child | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent child=Destination luck=Theme | |||
| 3 | protect | infinitive | the festival not said here | child | year | from harm | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from harm=Theme |
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