Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the sw…
State the reason the godmother gave for having concealed Dotterine's true parentage from the young king.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: godmother, Dotterine · What happens: give, conceal, parent · To what, where: reason, true parentage
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | appos |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 godmother | det |
| 5 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reason | acl:relcl |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 concealed | mark |
| 8 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 concealed | aux |
| 9 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 gave | xcomp |
| 10 | Dotterine | Dotterine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 parentage | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Dotterine | case |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 parentage | amod |
| 13 | parentage | parentage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concealed | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 king | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 16 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 king | amod |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concealed | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the godmother | the reason not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | conceal | gerund · perfect | the godmother not said here | Dotterine's true parentage | from the young king | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent parentage=Patient from king=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | parent | Dotterine | nom parentage «state 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
She had sworn to keep the secret from the king until the wedding day
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 sworn | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sworn | aux |
| 3 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sworn | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 secret | det |
| 7 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obl |
| 11 | until | until | ADP | _ | 14 day | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 13 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 day | compound |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past · perfect | She | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | She not said here | the secret | day | from the king | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from king=Eventuality |
Option 2
To guard her from a wizard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 guard | mark |
| 2 | guard | guard | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 guard | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 wizard | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wizard | det |
| 6 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | to-infinitive | her = she | from a wizard | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from wizard=Theme |
Option 3
She had been ordered to keep silent by the old king before he died
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 | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ordered | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 ordered | aux:pass |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 king | amod |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obl |
| 12 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 14 died | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 died | nsubj |
| 14 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past · perfect · passive | She | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | by the old king; silent property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by king=Location | ||||
| 3 | die | past | king | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She had been entrusted to the queen to protect her from a wizard
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 | 4 entrusted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 entrusted | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 entrusted | aux:pass |
| 4 | entrusted | entrust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 queen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 queen | det |
| 7 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 entrusted | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 protect | mark |
| 9 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 entrusted | advcl |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 protect | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 wizard | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wizard | det |
| 13 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 protect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entrust | past · perfect · passive | She | the queen | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to queen=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | protect | to-infinitive | her = she | from a wizard | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from wizard=Theme |
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