Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…
Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the stepsister was furnished for her journey?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: her · What happens: follow, describe, furnish, journey · To what, where: manner, stepsister
This is exam question 4 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 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 describes | advmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 manner | det |
| 8 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 furnished | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 stepsister | det |
| 12 | stepsister | stepsister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 furnished | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 furnished | aux:pass |
| 14 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 manner | acl:relcl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 journey | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 journey | nmod:poss |
| 17 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 furnished | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the manner | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 3 | furnish | past · passive | the stepsister | the manner | for her journey | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for journey=Recipient | |||
| 4 | journey | her = she | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice
With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine chest of silver coins
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 sugar | case |
| 2 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 almonds | punct |
| 4 | almonds | almond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sugar | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweetmeats | punct |
| 6 | sweetmeats | sweetmeat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 almonds | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sack | punct |
| 8 | Malaga | Malaga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sack | compound |
| 9 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sugar | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 chest | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 chest | det |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 chest | amod |
| 13 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sugar | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 coins | case |
| 15 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 coins | compound |
| 16 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 chest | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats and Malaga sack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 sugar | case |
| 2 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 almonds | punct |
| 4 | almonds | almond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sugar | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweetmeats | punct |
| 6 | sweetmeats | sweetmeat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sugar | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sack | cc |
| 8 | Malaga | Malaga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sack | compound |
| 9 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sugar | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
With silver, silk and spices from town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 silver | case |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 silk | punct |
| 4 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 silver | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 spices | cc |
| 6 | spices | spice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 silver | conj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spices | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine horse with silver bells
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 sugar | case |
| 2 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 almonds | punct |
| 4 | almonds | almond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sugar | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweetmeats | punct |
| 6 | sweetmeats | sweetmeat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 almonds | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sack | punct |
| 8 | Malaga | Malaga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sack | compound |
| 9 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sugar | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 horse | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 horse | det |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 horse | amod |
| 13 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sugar | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 bells | case |
| 15 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bells | compound |
| 16 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 horse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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