Exam question 2 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, pa…

Identify the reason the Goddess of Thunder offered Petru a protective cloth before his departure from her presence.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Goddess, Petru · What happens: identify, offer, depart · To what, where: reason, protective cloth, Petru, presence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1783 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 34: Petru beats the giant, takes the magic water, and meets his brothers.» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Goddess	det
5	Goddess	Goddess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 offered	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Thunder	case
7	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Goddess	nmod
8	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
9	Petru	Petru	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 offered	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cloth	det
11	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cloth	amod
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	obj
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 departure	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 departure	nmod:poss
15	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 presence	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 presence	nmod:poss
18	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	offer	past	the Goddess of Thunder	a protective cloth	Petru	Goddess's presence	before Petru's departure	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent petru=Goal cloth=Theme
3	depart		Petru					nom departure «act intransitive»: 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

She feared the lances of the brothers would wound him badly

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lances	det
4	lances	lance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wound	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 brothers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brothers	det
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lances	nmod
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 wound	aux
9	wound	wound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wound	obj
11	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 wound	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	She						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wound	would	the lances of the brothers	him = he				badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She wanted him to win the golden crown from the king

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 win	mark
5	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crown	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crown	amod
8	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	him = he					tree rules
2	win not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the golden crown				from the king	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from king=Source

Option 3

She wished him to be brave in battle

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 brave	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 brave	cop
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wished	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 battle	case
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She	him = he					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	She not said here			battle		brave property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She wished him to be secure against lightning, lances, swords, and arrows

The tree, 12 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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 secure	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 secure	cop
6	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wished	advcl
7	against	against	ADP	_	8 lightning	case
8	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lances	punct
10	lances	lance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lightning	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 swords	punct
12	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lightning	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 arrows	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 arrows	cc
15	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She	him = he				arrows obl	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	She not said here					against lightning and lances and swords; secure property	tree rules

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