Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

Which of the following most accurately describes the reason the mother directed her daughter to conceal her countenance beneath a wooden helmet?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: follow, describe, direct, conceal · To what, where: reason, daughter, countenance, wooden helmet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directed	nsubj
12	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 daughter	nmod:poss
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directed	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 conceal	mark
16	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 directed	advcl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 countenance	nmod:poss
18	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conceal	obj
19	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	22 helmet	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 helmet	det
21	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 helmet	amod
22	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conceal	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	direct	past	the mother	mother's daughter			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme
4	conceal	to-infinitive	the mother not said here	mother's countenance	a wooden helmet		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent countenance=Patient beneath helmet=Location

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

To protect her from evil spirits at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 protect	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 spirits	case
5	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spirits	amod
6	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive			her = she		night	from evil spirits	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from spirit=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To shield her extraordinary beauty from the attention of men and to protect her future marriage prospects

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shield	mark
2	shield	shield	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 beauty	nmod:poss
4	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beauty	amod
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 attention	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attention	det
8	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 men	case
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attention	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 protect	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 protect	mark
13	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 shield	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 prospects	nmod:poss
15	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 prospects	amod
16	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prospects	compound
17	prospects	prospect	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	shield	to-infinitive		her extraordinary beauty	the attention of men	tree rules
2	protect	to-infinitive		her future marriage prospects		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prospect=Beneficiary
3	attend		men			nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	prospect		her = she			nom prospect «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To shield her beauty from notice by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shield	mark
2	shield	shield	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beauty	nmod:poss
4	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 notice	case
6	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shield	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shield	to-infinitive		her beauty		notice		by others	tree rules

Option 4

To conceal her beauty from notice by others until the day she was properly married to a suitable husband

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beauty	nmod:poss
4	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 notice	case
6	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conceal	obl
9	until	until	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obl
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 married	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 married	aux:pass
14	properly	properly	ADV	_	15 married	advmod
15	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 day	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 husband	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 husband	det
18	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 husband	amod
19	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 married	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		her beauty		notice	day	by others	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient from notice=Beneficiary
2	marry	past · passive	the day not said here	she				to a suitable husband; properly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to husband=Co-Patient

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