Exam question 4 · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

What was the origin of the name Parsley, as given in the text?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, give · To what, where: origin, text

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 origin	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 origin	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 origin	det
4	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 origin	nmod
8	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 name	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 given	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 given	mark
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 origin	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 text	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 text	det
14	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 given	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 origin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the origin				of the name	tree rules
2	give	participle		the origin not said here		the text			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Her mother had planted parsley in the garden, so the girl was named for it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	aux
4	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 garden	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 named	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 named	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 named	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 named	aux:pass
14	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 planted	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · perfect	Her mother	parsley		the garden			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parsley=Theme in garden=Destination
2	name	past · passive		the girl				for garden	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She preferred eating parsley to any other food, and it was thus that she was named

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 preferred	nsubj
2	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 preferred	xcomp
4	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 food	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 food	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 named	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 named	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 named	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 named	aux:pass
13	thus	thus	ADV	_	17 named	advmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 named	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 named	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 named	aux:pass
17	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 preferred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prefer	past	She			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	eat not said to happen	gerund	She not said here	parsley	to any other food	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsley=Patient
3	name	past · passive		parsley	thus property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She preferred eating parsley to any other food, and so the old witch called her Parsley and the name stayed with her forever after

The tree, 24 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 preferred	nsubj
2	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 preferred	xcomp
4	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 food	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 food	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 called	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 called	cc
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 called	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 witch	amod
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 called	nsubj
15	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 preferred	parataxis
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 Parsley	nmod:poss
17	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 called	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 stayed	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 name	det
20	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 stayed	nsubj
21	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 called	conj
22	with	with	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 stayed	obl
24	forever	forever	ADV	_	21 stayed	advmod
25	after	after	ADP	_	21 stayed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prefer	past	She			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	eat not said to happen	gerund	She not said here	parsley	to any other food	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsley=Patient
3	call	past	the old witch			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	stay after	past	the name		with witch; forever property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location

Option 4

She loved parsley more than all other food, so the village folk called her Parsley ever after, and the name stuck to her

The tree, 23 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 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loved	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 loved	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 food	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 food	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 more	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 called	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 called	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 folk	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 folk	compound
13	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 called	nsubj
14	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 loved	parataxis
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 Parsley	nmod:poss
16	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 called	xcomp
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 after	advmod
18	after	after	ADV	_	14 called	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 stuck	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 stuck	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 name	det
22	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 stuck	nsubj
23	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 loved	parataxis
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	love	past	She	parsley			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parsley=Stimulus
2	call	past	the village folk			after property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stick	past	the name		folk		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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