Exam question 2 · Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza f…

State the reason, given in the text, for which Militza was obliged to depart before the morning.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, oblige, depart · To what, where: State reason, text, Militza

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 text	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 text	det
8	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 obliged	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 obliged	obl
12	Militza	Militza	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 obliged	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 obliged	aux:pass
14	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 given	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 depart	mark
16	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 obliged	xcomp
17	before	before	ADP	_	19 morning	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 morning	det
19	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 depart	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	give	participle	the State reason not said here	the text		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	oblige	past · passive	Militza			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3	depart	to-infinitive			morning	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Her magic would fail once the sun rose and a witch had cut her hair in the night

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 magic	nmod:poss
2	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fail	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fail	aux
4	fail	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	8 rose	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rose	nsubj
8	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fail	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cut	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cut	aux
13	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 rose	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hair	nmod:poss
15	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	fail	would	Her magic			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rise	past	the sun			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cut	past · perfect · passive		a witch	night	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary hair=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A witch had cut off a lock of her hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 cut	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lock	det
7	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hair	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hair	nmod:poss
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past · perfect · passive		a witch					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Her father had called for her at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · perfect · passive		Her father			dawn	for her = she	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for she=Beneficiary

Option 4

A witch had cut off a lock of her hair while she slept, breaking the spell

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 cut	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lock	det
7	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hair	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hair	nmod:poss
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lock	nmod
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 slept	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 slept	nsubj
13	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 breaking	punct
15	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cut	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 spell	det
17	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cut off	past · perfect · passive		a witch	tree rules
2	sleep	past	she		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	break	gerund		the spell	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Patient

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