Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the tale's wedding preparations as the text concludes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text, tale · What happens: follow, describe, conclude, prepare · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 preparations	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tale	det
11	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 preparations	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 tale	case
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 preparations	compound
14	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 outcome	nmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 concludes	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 text	det
17	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 concludes	nsubj
18	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 preparations	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the tale's wedding preparations	of the best	tree rules
3	conclude	present	the text			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	prepare		the tale			nom preparation «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

The maids were about to lift the wooden helmet off while the whole crowd of guests gathered closer to look at her

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maids	det
2	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 about	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 about	cop
4	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lift	mark
6	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 about	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 helmet	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 helmet	amod
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lift	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	6 lift	compound:prt
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 gathered	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crowd	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 crowd	amod
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gathered	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 guests	case
16	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 crowd	nmod
17	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 about	advcl
18	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 gathered	xcomp
19	to	to	PART	_	20 look	mark
20	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 gathered	advcl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the maids		about property	tree rules
2	lift off	to-infinitive	the maids not said here	the wooden helmet		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme
3	gather	past	the whole crowd of guests		close property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	look	to-infinitive	the whole crowd of guests not said here		at crowd	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme

Option 2

The feast had just begun and everyone sat down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 feast	det
2	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begun	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 begun	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 begun	advmod
5	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sat	cc
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 sat	nsubj
8	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 begun	conj
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past · perfect	the feast						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	sit down	past	everyone						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The maids were about to remove the wooden helmet so they could do her hair in the latest style

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 maids	det
2	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 about	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 about	cop
4	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remove	mark
6	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 about	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 helmet	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 helmet	amod
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remove	obj
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 do	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 remove	advcl
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hair	nmod:poss
15	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 do	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 style	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 style	det
18	latest	late	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 style	amod
19	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the maids			about property	tree rules
2	remove	to-infinitive	the maids not said here	the wooden helmet			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme
3	do	could	maids = maid	her hair	the latest style		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The maids were about to remove the wooden helmet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maids	det
2	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 about	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 about	cop
4	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remove	mark
6	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 about	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 helmet	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 helmet	amod
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the maids					about property	tree rules
2	remove	to-infinitive	the maids not said here	the wooden helmet					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme

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