Exam question 3 · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…

What was the consequence of the queen's decision to release the goose's wing from the window?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: be, release, decide · To what, where: consequence, wing, window

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 decision	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 decision	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 release	mark
11	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 consequence	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 goose	det
13	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wing	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 goose	case
15	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 release	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 window	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 window	det
18	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 release	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence		of the queen's decision	tree rules
2	release	to-infinitive		the goose's wing	the window		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer wing=Source
3	decide		the queen				nom decision «act 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 · ← Mova's choice

the stepmother fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stepmother	det
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the stepmother						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the godmother arrived in a coach pulled by six horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 godmother	det
2	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrived	nsubj
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 coach	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coach	det
6	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrived	obl
7	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 coach	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 horses	case
9	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 horses	nummod
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	the godmother			a coach			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pull	participle		a coach not said here				by six horses	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the godmother arrived

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 godmother	det
2	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrived	nsubj
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	the godmother						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

the nurse was dismissed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dismissed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dismissed	aux:pass
4	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past · passive		the nurse					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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