Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

Which event immediately preceded the preparations for the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event · What happens: proceed, marry · To what, where: preparations, Saphir

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preceded	nsubj
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	4 preceded	advmod
4	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 preparations	det
6	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preceded	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 marriage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marriage	det
9	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preparations	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Saphir	case
11	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 marriage	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Serpentine	cc
13	Serpentine	Serpentine	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Saphir	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 preceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	which event	the preparations				for the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine; immediately property	tree rules
2	marry			Saphir and Serpentine					nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient

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

Serpentine learned her birth and the fairies blessed her match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Serpentine	Serpentine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 birth	nmod:poss
4	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blessed	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fairies	det
7	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 blessed	nsubj
8	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 learned	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 match	nmod:poss
10	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	Serpentine	Serpentine's birth					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Topic
2	bless	past	the fairies	Serpentine's match					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme

Option 2

The fairy sent a message to the attendants to travel slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fairy	det
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 attendants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attendants	det
8	attendants	attendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 travel	mark
10	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 travel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the fairy	a message		the attendants			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to attendant=Destination
2	travel	to-infinitive	the fairy not said here					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The bird cured King Peridor, and the Prince and his bride were married at once in the great hall before the whole court

The tree, 23 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	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Peridor	compound
5	Peridor	Peridor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cured	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 married	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 married	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 married	nsubj:pass
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bride	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bride	nmod:poss
12	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Prince	conj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 married	aux:pass
14	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cured	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 married	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 hall	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hall	det
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hall	amod
20	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 married	obl
21	before	before	ADP	_	24 court	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 court	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 court	amod
24	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 married	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	the bird	King Peridor					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer peridor=Source
2	marry	past · passive		the Prince and bird's bride		the great hall	before the whole court		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The bird cured King Peridor and he was reunited with his family

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	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Peridor	compound
5	Peridor	Peridor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cured	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reunited	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reunited	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reunited	aux:pass
9	reunited	reunite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cured	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 family	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 family	nmod:poss
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reunited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	the bird	King Peridor					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer peridor=Source
2	reunite	past · passive		bird				with bird's family	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent

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