Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…
Which of the following was the stepmother's chief motive for proposing her stepdaughter to the lindorm?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chief motive · What happens: follow, be, propose · To what, where: stepdaughter, lindorm
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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 | 10 motive | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 motive | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 motive | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 motive | case |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 motive | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stepmother | det |
| 7 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 motive | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 stepmother | case |
| 9 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 motive | amod |
| 10 | motive | motive | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 proposing | mark |
| 12 | proposing | propose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 motive | acl |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 stepdaughter | nmod:poss |
| 14 | stepdaughter | stepdaughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 proposing | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 lindorm | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lindorm | det |
| 17 | lindorm | lindorm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 proposing | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 motive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | of the stepmother's chief motive | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | propose | gerund | the stepmother's chief motive not said here | stepmother's stepdaughter | the lindorm | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stepdaughter=Theme to lindorm=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 · ← Mova's choice
Jealousy of the girl's superior beauty and her favour with the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 beauty | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 girl | case |
| 6 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beauty | amod |
| 7 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jealousy | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 favour | cc |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 favour | nmod:poss |
| 10 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beauty | conj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 favour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favour | girl | with the king | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Jealousy of the girl's superior beauty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 beauty | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 girl | case |
| 6 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beauty | amod |
| 7 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jealousy | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Desire to see her stepdaughter ruined before the wedding of the prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 see | mark |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Desire | acl |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 stepdaughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | stepdaughter | stepdaughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obj |
| 6 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stepdaughter | acl |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 wedding | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wedding | det |
| 9 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ruined | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 prince | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prince | det |
| 12 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wedding | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | her stepdaughter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stepdaughter=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | ruin | participle | her stepdaughter not said here | before the wedding of the prince | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | wed | the prince | nom wedding «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Fear of the girl's wise counsel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 counsel | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 girl | case |
| 6 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 counsel | amod |
| 7 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fear | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | the girl's wise counsel | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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