Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her bro…

By what means did the wicked mother bring about the Queen's sentence?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: wicked mother, Queen · What happens: mean, bring, sentence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» 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	8 bring	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	8 bring	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mother	amod
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	nsubj
8	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	13 sentence	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sentence	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Queen	case
13	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past · do-support	the wicked mother	about the Queen's sentence	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	sentence		the Queen		nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 accused the Queen of killing the babies falsely.

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 accused	nsubj
2	accused	accuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 accused	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 killing	mark
6	killing	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 Queen	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 babies	det
8	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 killing	obj
9	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	6 killing	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 accused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accuse	past	She	the Queen					vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
2	kill	gerund	the Queen not said here	the babies				falsely property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

Option 2

She stole the children and then falsely claimed the Queen had killed them at the castle gate.

The tree, 17 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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stole	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 claimed	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 claimed	advmod
7	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	8 claimed	advmod
8	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 killed	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 killed	aux
12	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 claimed	ccomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 killed	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 gate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gate	det
16	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gate	compound
17	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	She	the children				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	She not said here			then	falsely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	kill	past · perfect	the Queen	children = child	the castle gate			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

She hid the children in a box and then lied to the court that the Queen had killed them all.

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	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lied	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 lied	advmod
10	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 court	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lied	obl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 killed	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 killed	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 killed	aux
18	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 lied	ccomp
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 killed	obj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 them	nmod:unmarked
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	She	the children	a box			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Patient in box=Location
2	lie	past	She not said here			then	to the court	tree rules
3	kill	past · perfect	the Queen	children = child				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She falsely claimed the Queen had killed the children.

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 claimed	nsubj
2	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	3 claimed	advmod
3	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 killed	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 killed	aux
7	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 claimed	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 killed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 claimed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	She					falsely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	past · perfect	the Queen	the children					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

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