Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

What was the nature of the warlock's counsel regarding the Laidly Worm?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, regard

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 counsel	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 warlock	det
7	warlock	warlock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 counsel	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 warlock	case
9	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
10	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 Worm	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Worm	det
12	Laidly	Laidly	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Worm	compound
13	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 counsel	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the nature of the warlock's counsel regard the Laidly Worm						tree rules
2	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Provision of milk from seven cows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 milk	case
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Provision	nmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cows	case
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 cows	nummod
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		milk					from seven cows	nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent from=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Advice to feed it the milk of seven cows at dawn each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feed	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 feed	mark
3	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 feed	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 milk	det
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cows	case
8	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 cows	nummod
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 milk	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feed	obl
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	to-infinitive	Advice	it			dawn; day		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme

Option 3

Instructions to supply the worm with milk from seven black cows every morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 supply	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 supply	mark
3	supply	supply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 worm	det
5	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supply	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 milk	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supply	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 cows	case
9	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 cows	nummod
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cows	amod
11	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 supply	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 morning	det
13	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supply	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	to-infinitive	Instructions		the worm		morning	with milk; from seven black cows	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent worm=Recipient with milk=Theme

Option 4

Supply of bread from nine ovens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 bread	case
3	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Supply	nmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 ovens	case
5	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 ovens	nummod
6	ovens	oven	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Supply	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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