Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daug…
What does the bride's instruction concerning the wedding meal reveal about her attitude towards her father?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, bride · What happens: do, concern, instruct · To what, where: instruction, wedding meal reveal
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1903 «Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides in rags, works as a shepherdess, and wins a Prince with a lost ring.» 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 | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bride | det |
| 4 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 instruction | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 bride | case |
| 6 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 instruction | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 reveal | det |
| 9 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reveal | compound |
| 10 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reveal | compound |
| 11 | reveal | reveal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 concerning | obj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 attitude | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 attitude | nmod:poss |
| 14 | attitude | attitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reveal | nmod |
| 15 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 17 father | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 father | nmod:poss |
| 17 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 concerning | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the bride's instruction | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the bride's instruction not said here | the wedding meal reveal | about bride's attitude; towards bride's father | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reveal=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | instruct | the bride | nom instruction «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
a playful jest about her father's appetite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 jest | det |
| 2 | playful | playful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 jest | amod |
| 3 | jest | jest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 appetite | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 father | nmod:poss |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 appetite | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 father | case |
| 8 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jest | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a sly attempt to humiliate him in front of the guests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 attempt | det |
| 2 | sly | sly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 attempt | amod |
| 3 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 humiliate | mark |
| 5 | humiliate | humiliate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 attempt | acl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 humiliate | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 front | case |
| 8 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 humiliate | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 guests | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 guests | det |
| 11 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | humiliate | to-infinitive | him = he | front of the guests | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a deliberate rebuke of his earlier harshness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rebuke | det |
| 2 | deliberate | deliberate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rebuke | amod |
| 3 | rebuke | rebuke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 harshness | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 harshness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 harshness | amod |
| 7 | harshness | harshness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rebuke | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rebuke | his earlier harshness | nom rebuke «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
a plan to punish the servants for their earlier disrespect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 punish | mark |
| 4 | punish | punish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 plan | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 servants | det |
| 6 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 punish | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 disrespect | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 disrespect | nmod:poss |
| 9 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 disrespect | amod |
| 10 | disrespect | disrespect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 punish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | to-infinitive | the servants | for servants's earlier disrespect | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent servant=Patient for disrespect=Theme | ||||
| 2 | disrespect | servants = servant | nom disrespect «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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