Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell we…

With reference to the passage, state the principal reason the Fairy of the Beech-Woods gave for arranging Celandine's vanity to be cured.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fairy · What happens: give, arrange, cure · To what, where: principal reason, vanity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1883 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell well, Celandine comes to the valley, Featherhead ignores her» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Fairy	det
12	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 gave	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 Woods	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Woods	det
15	Beech	Beech	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Woods	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Beech	punct
17	Woods	Woods	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 Fairy	nmod
18	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	acl:relcl
19	for	for	SCONJ	_	20 arranging	mark
20	arranging	arrange	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 gave	advcl
21	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 vanity	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Celandine	case
23	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 arranging	obj
24	to	to	PART	_	26 cured	mark
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 cured	aux:pass
26	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 arranging	advcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past	the Fairy of the Beech Woods	the principal reason not said here	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	arrange	gerund	the Fairy of the Beech Woods not said here	Celandine's vanity	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vanity=Product
3	cure	to-infinitive · passive	the Fairy of the Beech Woods not said here		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»

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

to make her care for another more than herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 care	nmod:poss
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 another	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 make	obl
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 herself	case
9	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		her care				for another	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent care=Beneficiary more=Product for another=Asset
2	care		her = she						nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

so that she would learn to be humble and kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	5 learn	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 learn	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learn	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 learn	aux
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 humble	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 humble	cop
8	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 learn	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kind	cc
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 humble	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	learn	would	she		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive		humble property	tree rules
3	be				tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

to make her love someone better than herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 someone	nmod:poss
4	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 someone	compound
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 herself	case
8	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		someone				good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

so that she could give away all her gifts and live as a poor girl in the desert with the fish

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 give	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 gifts	det:predet
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gifts	nmod:poss
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 live	cc
11	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 give	conj
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 girl	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 girl	det
14	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 girl	amod
15	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 live	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 desert	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 desert	det
18	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 girl	nmod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 fish	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fish	det
21	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 desert	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give away	could	she	her gifts	away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	live	present	she not said here		as a poor girl in the desert with the fish	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	gift		her = she			nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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