Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is t…

Which of the following best explains why the Queen was tricked into the pond?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, explain, trick · To what, where: Queen, pond · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1712 «Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck» 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	6 explains	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 explains	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 explains	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 explains	csubj
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 following	advmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 tricked	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tricked	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tricked	aux:pass
11	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 explains	ccomp
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 pond	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pond	det
14	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tricked	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		well property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	trick	past · passive	the Queen	into the pond result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into pond=Result

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

She was curious about the garden and simply wanted to see the flowers

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 curious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 curious	cop
3	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curious	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
8	simply	simply	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 curious	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flowers	det
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		about the garden; curious property	tree rules
2	want	past	She not said here		simply property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the flowers		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus

Option 2

She was lonely and wanted company

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 lonely	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	cop
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	conj
6	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					lonely property	tree rules
2	want	past	She not said here	company					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot company=Theme

Option 3

She trusted the old woman's kind words and forgot the King's advice about the garden and the strange pond

The tree, 21 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 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woman	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 woman	amod
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 woman	case
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trusted	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forgot	cc
10	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 advice	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 King	case
14	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgot	obj
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 garden	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 garden	det
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 advice	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 pond	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 pond	det
20	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 pond	amod
21	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 advice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trust	past	She	the old woman's kind words		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	forget	past	She not said here	the King's advice and the strange pond	about the garden	tree rules
3	word		the old woman			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She accepted the witch's flattering invitation and disregarded her husband's warnings

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invitation	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 witch	case
6	flattering	flatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 invitation	amod
7	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disregarded	cc
9	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 husband	nmod:poss
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 warnings	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 husband	case
13	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disregarded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accept	past	She	the witch's flattering invitation	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme
2	flatter	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	disregard	past	She not said here	her husband's warnings	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
4	invite		the witch		nom invitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	warn		her husband		nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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