Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sist…

In the narrative, what is the principal motive for the queen's stratagem against Anne?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrative · What happens: be · To what, where: principal motive

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1972 «English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sister and cures the sick prince» 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 narrative	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narrative	det
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 motive	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 motive	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 motive	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 motive	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 motive	amod
9	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 narrative	appos
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 stratagem	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queen	det
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stratagem	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 queen	case
14	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 motive	nmod
15	against	against	ADP	_	16 Anne	case
16	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 stratagem	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the narrative	the principal motive				for the queen's stratagem against Anne	tree rules

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 right answer

Envy of Anne's superior beauty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 beauty	case
3	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beauty	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Anne	case
5	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beauty	amod
6	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Envy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	envy			Anne's superior beauty					nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Envy of Anne's superior beauty and youth at court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 beauty	case
3	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beauty	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Anne	case
5	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beauty	amod
6	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Envy	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 youth	cc
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beauty	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 court	case
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beauty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	envy			Anne's superior beauty at court and youth					nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Resentment of Anne's cooking skill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resentment	resentment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 skill	case
3	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 skill	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Anne	case
5	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skill	compound
6	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Resentment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resent			Anne's cooking skill					nom resentment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Desire to be rid of Anne's noble father's wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 rid	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 rid	cop
4	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Desire	acl
5	of	of	ADP	_	11 wealth	case
6	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 father	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Anne	case
8	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 father	amod
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wealth	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 father	case
11	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive						of Anne's noble father's wealth; rid property	tree rules

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