Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the events narrated in this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, narrate · To what, where: events, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sequence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 sequence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sequence	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sequence	amod
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 events	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 events	det
11	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sequence	nmod
12	narrated	narrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 events	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 narrated	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the correct sequence; of the events	tree rules
3	narrate speech: other	participle	the events not said here	this passage		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

The doves sang, the cloth was used, and the witch vanished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doves	det
2	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cloth	det
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 used	aux:pass
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sang	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 vanished	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 vanished	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 witch	det
12	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 vanished	nsubj
13	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the doves		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	past · passive		the cloth	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	vanish	past	the witch		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The cake was cut and the doves flew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux:pass
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flew	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doves	det
7	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 flew	nsubj
8	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive		the cake					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	fly	past	the doves						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The flower was planted, the cake was cut, and the stepmother set a new task

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flower	det
2	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	aux:pass
4	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cut	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cake	det
7	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cut	aux:pass
9	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 planted	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 set	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 set	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stepmother	det
13	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 set	nsubj
14	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 task	det
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 task	amod
17	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 set	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	plant	past · passive		the flower	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cut	past · passive		the cake	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	set	past	the stepmother	a new task	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient task=Result

Option 4

The flower was planted and watered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flower	det
2	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	aux:pass
4	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 watered	cc
6	watered	water	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 planted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · passive		the flower					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	water	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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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