Exam question 3 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, pa…

State the consequence, as described in the passage, of the three kisses bestowed upon the Fairy of the Dawn.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, describe, bestow · To what, where: consequence, passage, three kisses

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 described	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 described	mark
6	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consequence	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 passage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 passage	det
9	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 described	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kisses	punct
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 kisses	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kisses	det
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 kisses	nummod
14	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 described	obl
15	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 kisses	acl
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 Fairy	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Fairy	det
18	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bestowed	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Dawn	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Dawn	det
21	Dawn	Dawn	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Fairy	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	describe	participle		the consequence not said here	the passage	of the three kisses	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	bestow	participle		the three kisses not said here		upon the Fairy of the Dawn	tree rules

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

The gardens became lovelier and the sunbeams brightened, so that Petru could see the whole valley from the hill

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardens	det
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lovelier	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sunbeams	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sunbeams	det
7	sunbeams	sunbeam	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	xcomp
8	brightened	brighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sunbeams	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 see	advmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 see	mark
12	Petru	Petru	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 see	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 became	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 valley	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 valley	amod
17	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 hill	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hill	det
20	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	the gardens	the sunbeams		lovely property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	brighten	participle		the sunbeams not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	see	could	Petru	the whole valley	the hill		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer valley=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The gardens became lovelier and the sunbeams brightened, and the fairies sang songs for the rest of the summer

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardens	det
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lovelier	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sunbeams	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sunbeams	det
7	sunbeams	sunbeam	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	xcomp
8	brightened	brighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sunbeams	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sang	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sang	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fairies	det
12	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sang	nsubj
13	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
14	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sang	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 rest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rest	det
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sang	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 summer	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 summer	det
20	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	past	the gardens	the sunbeams	lovely property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	brighten	participle		the sunbeams not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	sing speech: express	past	the fairies	songs	for the rest of the summer	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent song=Theme for rest=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The gardens became lovelier and the sunbeams brightened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardens	det
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lovelier	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sunbeams	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sunbeams	det
7	sunbeams	sunbeam	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	xcomp
8	brightened	brighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sunbeams	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the gardens	the sunbeams				lovely property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	brighten	participle		the sunbeams not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The fairies woke and ran off to the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fairies	det
2	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 woke	nsubj
3	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ran	cc
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 woke	conj
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 ran	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	past	the fairies						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	run off	past	the fairies not said here					to the river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result

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