Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shel…

With reference to the text, what did the maiden say upon her deliverance from the coffin?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maiden, her · What happens: do, say, deliver · To what, where: coffin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1926 «Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shelters with a grumpy old man, a stag carries him underground, and he frees a maiden from a glass coffin» 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	8 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 maiden	det
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	parataxis
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 deliverance	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 deliverance	nmod:poss
14	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 coffin	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 coffin	det
17	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 deliverance	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			with reference to the text	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the maiden		upon her deliverance from the coffin	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	deliver		her = she	the coffin		nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place

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

Kind fate has sent you to me

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fate	amod
2	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 sent	iobj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · perfect · passive		Kind fate	you			to me	tree rules

Option 2

You are kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 kind	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					kind property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Kind heaven has led you to me

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 heaven	amod
2	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 led	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 led	aux
4	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 led	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present · perfect · passive		Kind heaven	me				tree rules

Option 4

Good luck has brought you here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 luck	amod
2	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 brought	obj
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present · perfect · passive		Good luck		here			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination

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