Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

Which object did the Queen conceal within the chimney, and what did she intend it to demonstrate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Queen · What happens: do, conceal, intend, demonstrate · To what, where: object

This is exam question 3 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	nsubj
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 chimney	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chimney	det
9	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 intend	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 intend	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 intend	obj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 intend	aux
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 intend	nsubj
15	intend	intend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 conceal	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 intend	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 demonstrate	mark
18	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 intend	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	present	the Queen		within the chimney	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	intend	past · do-support	Queen	object		tree rules
4	demonstrate	to-infinitive	Queen not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

A small book of spells, to show the Princess was a witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 witch	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 spells	case
5	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 book	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 book	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 book	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 witch	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 witch	det
13	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive	a small book of spells not said here		the Princess				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient
2	is a	past	a small book of spells	a witch					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A packet of false letters, to prove the Princess's conspiracy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 packet	det
2	packet	packet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prove	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 letters	case
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 packet	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prove	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 prove	mark
8	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 conspiracy	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Princess	case
12	conspiracy	conspiracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	to-infinitive	a packet of false letters	the Princess's conspiracy					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conspiracy=Theme
2	conspire		the Princess						nom conspiracy «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A bag of stolen jewels, to prove the Princess was a thief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bag	det
2	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thief	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 jewels	case
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 jewels	amod
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bag	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prove	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 prove	mark
8	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 jewels	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 prove	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 thief	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thief	det
13	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	steal	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prove	to-infinitive	a bag of stolen jewels not said here	the Princess	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme
3	is a	past	a bag of stolen jewels	a thief	tree rules

Option 4

A packet of false letters, to prove to the whole court that the Princess had been plotting with the Blue Bird against the Queen

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 packet	det
2	packet	packet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prove	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 letters	case
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 packet	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prove	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 prove	mark
8	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 court	amod
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prove	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 plotting	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Princess	det
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 plotting	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 plotting	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 plotting	aux
18	plotting	plot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 prove	advcl
19	with	with	ADP	_	22 Bird	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Bird	det
21	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 Bird	amod
22	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 plotting	obl
23	against	against	ADP	_	25 Queen	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Queen	det
25	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 plotting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	to-infinitive	a packet of false letters					to the whole court	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to court=Experiencer
2	plot	past · perfect · progressive	the Princess					with the Blue Bird; against the Queen	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with bird=Co-Agent

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