Exam question 1 · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

In what manner did the stepmother meet her death, and in which place was it said to have occurred?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: do, meet, say, occur, die · To what, where: manner, death, place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmother	det
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meet	nsubj
7	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	parataxis
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 death	nmod:poss
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meet	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 place	case
13	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	14 place	det
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	obl
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 said	aux:pass
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	20 occurred	mark
19	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 occurred	aux
20	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 said	xcomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past			what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	meet	infinitive	the stepmother	stepmother's death		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Co-Agent
3	say speech: assert	past · passive		death	which place	tree rules
4	occur	to-infinitive · perfect				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	die		stepmother			nom death «event intransitive»: 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

She drowned in the river near the mill after a long illness and was buried in the churchyard

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 mill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mill	det
8	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 illness	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 illness	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 illness	amod
12	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 buried	cc
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 buried	aux:pass
15	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drowned	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 churchyard	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 churchyard	det
18	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	She			the river	after a long illness	near the mill	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	bury	past · passive	She not said here			the churchyard			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in churchyard=Destination

Option 2

She was poisoned in her bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 poisoned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 poisoned	aux:pass
3	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bed	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bed	nmod:poss
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poisoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	past · passive		She		her bed			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She fell down the steep cellar stairs in the dark and was killed on the spot

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
5	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stairs	amod
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stairs	compound
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 killed	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 killed	aux:pass
13	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 spot	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 spot	det
16	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past	She	the steep cellar stairs		the dark			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stair=Result
2	kill	past · passive	She not said here			the spot			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 4

She slipped on the wet steps and drowned in the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 steps	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steps	det
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 steps	amod
6	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slipped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drowned	cc
8	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 steps	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 well	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 well	det
11	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	She					on the wet steps	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	drown	participle	She not said here			the well			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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