Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

Which action did the Princess undertake immediately upon the spy's unconsciousness, and for what purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 undertake	advmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 unconsciousness	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spy	det
10	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unconsciousness	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 spy	case
12	unconsciousness	unconsciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 what	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 what	cc
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 what	case
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 undertake	parataxis
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 what	nsubj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action					upon the spy's unconsciousness; immediately property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She opened the window in order to admit the Blue Bird

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 admit	mark
8	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 opened	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Bird	det
10	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Bird	amod
11	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	She	the window		order			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent window=Theme in order=Location
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Blue Bird					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme

Option 2

She rushed to the window and threw it wide open so the Blue Bird could fly in and warn her

The tree, 20 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 rushed	nsubj
2	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rushed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 threw	cc
7	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rushed	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 threw	obj
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 open	advmod
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 threw	xcomp
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 fly	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Bird	det
13	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Bird	amod
14	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fly	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fly	aux
16	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 threw	advcl
17	in	in	ADV	_	16 fly	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 warn	cc
19	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 fly	conj
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	rush	past	She			to the window result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to window=Result
2	throw	past	She not said here	window		open property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	fly in	could	the Blue Bird				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	warn speech: warn	infinitive	the Blue Bird not said here		Bird		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 3

She quietly unlatched the heavy iron window and waited, so that the Blue Bird could finally enter the tower room safely

The tree, 21 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	3 unlatched	nsubj
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 unlatched	advmod
3	unlatched	unlatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 window	amod
6	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 window	compound
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unlatched	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waited	cc
9	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unlatched	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 enter	punct
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	18 enter	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Bird	det
14	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Bird	amod
15	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 enter	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 enter	aux
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 enter	advmod
18	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waited	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 room	det
20	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 room	compound
21	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 enter	obj
22	safely	safely	ADV	_	18 enter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unlatch	past	She	the heavy iron window	quietly property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient
2	wait	past	She not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	enter	could	the Blue Bird	the tower room	finally, safely property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination

Option 4

She closed the window to hide the Blue Bird from the spy

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 closed	nsubj
2	closed	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 closed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 closed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Bird	det
8	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Bird	amod
9	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 spy	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spy	det
12	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past	She	the window					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient
2	hide	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Blue Bird		the spy			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Patient from spy=Beneficiary

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