Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell we…

With reference to the passage, explain why the King and Queen welcomed Celandine when she first arrived at their bower.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, King, Celandine · What happens: explain, welcome, arrive · To what, where: Celandine, bower · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	7 explain	obl
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	_	2 reference	punct
7	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 welcomed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 welcomed	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Queen	cc
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 King	conj
13	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 explain	ccomp
14	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 welcomed	obj
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 arrived	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 arrived	nsubj
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 arrived	advmod
18	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 welcomed	advcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 bower	case
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 bower	nmod:poss
21	bower	bower	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 arrived	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			with reference to the passage	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	welcome	past	the King and Queen	Celandine			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celandine=Theme
3	arrive	past	Celandine		King's bower	first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

they knew she had been cast out by the Fairy and wanted to help her find a new home in the valley

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cast	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cast	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 cast	aux:pass
6	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knew	ccomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 cast	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 Fairy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fairy	det
10	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cast	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 help	mark
14	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 help	obj
16	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 help	xcomp
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 home	det
18	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 home	amod
19	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 find	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 valley	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 valley	det
22	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 home	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	know	past	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	cast out	past · perfect · passive	the Fairy	she		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
3	want	past	they not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	Fairy		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5	find not said to happen	infinitive	Fairy not said here	a new home	the valley	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic

Option 2

they felt she shared their sorrows and hardship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shared	nsubj
4	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	ccomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sorrows	nmod:poss
6	sorrows	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shared	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hardship	cc
8	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sorrows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	feel	past	they		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	share	past	she	their sorrows and hardship	tree rules
3	sorrow		their = they		nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they recognised her as a companion in misfortune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recognised	nsubj
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recognised	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 companion	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 companion	det
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 misfortune	case
8	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 companion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	they	her = she				as a companion in misfortune	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus as companion=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

they saw she was also a lonely traveller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 traveller	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 traveller	cop
5	also	also	ADV	_	8 traveller	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 traveller	det
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 traveller	amod
8	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	they						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	she	a lonely traveller					tree rules

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