Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the princess was sent away from the Court of Colchester?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, state, send away · To what, where: reason, princess, Court

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	aux:pass
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reason	acl:relcl
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 sent	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 Court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Court	det
16	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Colchester	case
18	Colchester	Colchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Court	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	send away	past · passive	the reason not said here	the princess	the Court of Colchester	away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from court=Source

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

The king had been set against her by false reports

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 set	aux:pass
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 set	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 reports	case
9	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reports	amod
10	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · perfect · passive	false reports	the king					vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme her=Destination

Option 2

The court had been set against her by her stepmother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 set	aux:pass
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 set	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 stepmother	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 stepmother	nmod:poss
10	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · perfect · passive	court's stepmother	the court				against her = she	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme against she=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She had been accused by her father

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	4 accused	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 accused	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 accused	aux:pass
4	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 father	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accuse	past · perfect · passive	her father	She					vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Her own choosing

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 own	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 choosing	obl
3	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	gerund		Her own					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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