Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

According to the passage, what was the outcome of the bird's action upon arriving at the castle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, bird · What happens: accord, be, arrive, act · To what, where: outcome, castle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 outcome	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 outcome	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 outcome	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outcome	det
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 action	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 action	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 bird	case
14	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outcome	nmod
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 arriving	mark
16	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 outcome	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 castle	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 castle	det
19	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arriving	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the outcome	the outcome		of the bird's action	tree rules
3	arrive	gerund	the passage and the outcome not said here		the castle		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	act		the bird				nom action «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

The bird cured the dying King, who then rode out with the fairy to search for his lost daughter

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cured	nsubj
3	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 rode	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rode	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 rode	nsubj
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 rode	advmod
10	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cured	ccomp
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 rode	compound:prt
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 fairy	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fairy	det
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rode	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 search	mark
16	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 rode	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 daughter	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 daughter	nmod:poss
19	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 daughter	amod
20	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	the bird			tree rules
2	die	gerund				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	ride out	past	the dying King	then	with the fairy	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4	search	to-infinitive	the dying King not said here		for King's lost daughter	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for daughter=Theme
5	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The bird cured the dying King of his sickness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cured	nsubj
3	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cured	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sickness	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sickness	nmod:poss
9	sickness	sickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 King	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	the bird	the dying King of bird's sickness					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer king=Source
2	die	gerund							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

The bird flew off and vanished from the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 flew	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 vanished	cc
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	the bird						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	vanish	past	the bird not said here			the castle			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from castle=Initial_Location

Option 4

The King died in the great hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 hall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hall	amod
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	the King					in the great hall	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hall=Attribute

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