Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more ni…
What is the principal reason the King fails to respond to Fiordelisa's lamentations during the night?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, Fiordelisa · What happens: be, fail, not respond, lament · To what, where: principal reason
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1870 «Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more night and wins back her husband, and Turritella becomes an owl» 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 | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 fails | nsubj |
| 8 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 respond | mark |
| 10 | respond | respond | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fails | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 lamentations | case |
| 12 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 lamentations | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Fiordelisa | case |
| 14 | lamentations | lamentation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 respond | obl |
| 15 | during | during | ADP | _ | 17 night | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 night | det |
| 17 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 respond | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fail | present | the King | the principal reason not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not respond speech: other | to-infinitive | the King not said here | night | to Fiordelisa's lamentations | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to lamentation=Theme | |||
| 4 | lament | Fiordelisa | nom lamentation «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 · ← Mova's choice
He has been cursed by a fairy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cursed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cursed | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 cursed | aux:pass |
| 4 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 fairy | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fairy | det |
| 7 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cursed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | present · perfect · passive | a fairy | He | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
He has consumed a sleeping draught and is exhausted from the day's hunting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 consumed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 consumed | aux |
| 3 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 draught | det |
| 5 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 draught | amod |
| 6 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consumed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 exhausted | cc |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 exhausted | aux:pass |
| 9 | exhausted | exhaust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 consumed | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 hunting | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hunting | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 day | case |
| 14 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 exhausted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | present · perfect | He | a sleeping draught | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Asset | ||||
| 2 | sleep | gerund | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | exhaust | present · passive | He not said here | the day's hunting | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||
| 4 | hunt | the day | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He has consumed a strong sleeping draught prepared by the Enchanter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 consumed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 consumed | aux |
| 3 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 draught | det |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 draught | amod |
| 6 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 draught | compound |
| 7 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consumed | obj |
| 8 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 draught | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 Enchanter | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Enchanter | det |
| 11 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 prepared | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | present · perfect | He | a strong sleeping draught | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Asset | ||||
| 2 | prepare | participle | a strong sleeping draught not said here | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He has consumed a sleeping draught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 consumed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 consumed | aux |
| 3 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 draught | det |
| 5 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 draught | compound |
| 6 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consumed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | present · perfect | He | a sleeping draught | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Asset |
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