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

What was the Blue Bird's principal motive for uttering his warning from the chimney?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal motive, Bird · What happens: be, utter, warn · To what, where: principal motive, warning, chimney

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 motive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 motive	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Bird	det
4	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Bird	amod
5	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 motive	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Bird	case
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 motive	amod
8	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 uttering	mark
10	uttering	utter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 motive	acl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 warning	nmod:poss
12	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uttering	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 chimney	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chimney	det
15	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uttering	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 motive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past		the Blue Bird's principal motive		tree rules
2	utter speech: other	gerund	the Blue Bird's principal motive not said here	Bird's warning	the chimney	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent warning=Topic
3	warn		Bird			nom warning «communication 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 right answer

To avert danger from his beloved Princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 avert	mark
2	avert	avert	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avert	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 Princess	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Princess	nmod:poss
6	beloved	beloved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Princess	amod
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avert	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avert	to-infinitive		danger				from his beloved Princess	tree rules

Option 2

To warn the Princess so that she would not be tricked by the Queen and could escape the tower

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 tricked	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tricked	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 tricked	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 tricked	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 tricked	aux:pass
11	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 warn	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Queen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tricked	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 escape	cc
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 escape	aux
17	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 warn	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tower	det
19	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive			the Princess	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient
2	not trick	would · passive	the Queen	Princess		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	escape	could		the tower		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tower=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To save the Princess from the Queen's plot, because he had loved her since childhood and wanted to be free again

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 save	mark
2	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 plot	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 plot	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Queen	case
9	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 loved	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 loved	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loved	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 loved	aux
14	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 save	advcl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loved	obj
16	since	since	ADP	_	17 childhood	case
17	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loved	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wanted	cc
19	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 loved	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	22 free	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 free	cop
22	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wanted	xcomp
23	again	again	ADV	_	19 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	to-infinitive		the Princess	the Queen's plot			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from plot=Source
2	love	past · perfect	he	Princess		since childhood		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	want	past	he not said here			again		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here				free property	tree rules
5	plot		the Queen					nom plot «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To win the Princess's hand in marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 win	mark
2	win	win	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hand	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Princess	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 win	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 marriage	case
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	to-infinitive		the Princess's hand		marriage			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality

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