Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl be…
Explain the function of the Bonga girl's concealed portion of food in the household narrative.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, conceal · To what, where: function, household narrative
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1825 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish» 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 function | det |
| 3 | function | function | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 portion | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 6 | Bonga | Bonga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 girl | compound |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 portion | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 girl | case |
| 9 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 portion | amod |
| 10 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 function | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 food | case |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 portion | nmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 narrative | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 narrative | det |
| 15 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 narrative | compound |
| 16 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the function of the Bonga girl's concealed portion of food | the household narrative | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic | |||
| 2 | conceal | participle | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=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 right answer
It revealed her continued devotion to the chief's son despite her transformation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 revealed | nsubj |
| 2 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 continued | nsubj |
| 4 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 revealed | ccomp |
| 5 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 son | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chief | det |
| 8 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 chief | case |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| 11 | despite | despite | ADP | _ | 13 transformation | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 transformation | nmod:poss |
| 13 | transformation | transformation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reveal | past | It | devotion | to the chief's son; despite her transformation | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent devotion=Theme to son=be' clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | continue | past | her = she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | transform | her = she | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It revealed her continued devotion to the chief's son despite her transformation into a Bonga
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 revealed | nsubj |
| 2 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 continued | nsubj |
| 4 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 revealed | ccomp |
| 5 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 son | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chief | det |
| 8 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 chief | case |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| 11 | despite | despite | ADP | _ | 13 transformation | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 transformation | nmod:poss |
| 13 | transformation | transformation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 Bonga | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 Bonga | det |
| 16 | Bonga | Bonga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reveal | past | It | devotion | a Bonga | to the chief's son; despite her transformation | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent devotion=Theme to son=be' clause=Attribute | ||
| 2 | continue | past | her = she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | transform | her = she | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It showed her love for the chief's son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 love | nmod:poss |
| 4 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 son | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chief | det |
| 7 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 chief | case |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | It | her love | for the chief's son | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient | |||
| 2 | love | her = she | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
It revealed her continued devotion to the chief's son despite her transformation and her sad fate
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 revealed | nsubj |
| 2 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 continued | nsubj |
| 4 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 revealed | ccomp |
| 5 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 son | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chief | det |
| 8 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 chief | case |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| 11 | despite | despite | ADP | _ | 13 transformation | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 transformation | nmod:poss |
| 13 | transformation | transformation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 fate | cc |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 fate | nmod:poss |
| 16 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 fate | amod |
| 17 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 revealed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reveal | past | It | devotion | to the chief's son; despite her transformation | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent devotion=Theme to son=be' clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | continue | past | her = she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | transform | her = she | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | fate | her = she | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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