Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…

By what means did the princess remove herself from the reach of the fairy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: princess · What happens: mean, remove · To what, where: princess, reach

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 remove	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 remove	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remove	nsubj
7	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 remove	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 reach	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reach	det
11	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remove	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fairy	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fairy	det
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reach	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 remove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	remove	past · do-support	the princess	princess		the reach of the fairy			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from reach=Source

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

By tucking the fan under her skirt and lifting off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tucking	mark
2	tucking	tuck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fan	det
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucking	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 skirt	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 skirt	nmod:poss
7	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucking	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lifting	cc
9	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tucking	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 lifting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	gerund		the fan		her skirt			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fan=Theme under skirt=Trajectory
2	lift off	gerund							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By concealing the fan beneath her feet and ascending into the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fan	det
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 concealing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ascending	cc
9	ascending	ascend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 concealing	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		the fan		her feet			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fan=Patient beneath foot=Location
2	ascend	gerund				the air			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into air=Initial_Location

Option 3

By hiding the fan under her feet and then flying up into the sky above the fields

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fan	det
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hiding	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 flying	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 flying	advmod
10	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hiding	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 flying	compound:prt
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 sky	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sky	det
14	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flying	obl
15	above	above	ADP	_	17 fields	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fields	det
17	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		the fan		her feet			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fan=Patient under foot=Location
2	fly up	gerund				the sky	then	above the fields	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above field=Location

Option 4

By sitting on the fan and rising above the fairy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sitting	mark
2	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 fan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fan	det
5	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sitting	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rising	cc
7	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sitting	conj
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 fairy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fairy	det
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the fan			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on fan=Location
2	rise	gerund						above the fairy	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above fairy=Location

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