Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g…
To which of the following did the second sibling's refusal to share her provisions most directly give rise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: second sibling, her · What happens: follow, share, give, refuse, provide · To what, where: provisions, rise
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 which | case |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 refusal | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 refusal | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 refusal | det |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 refusal | case |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 refusal | aux |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sibling | det |
| 8 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 sibling | amod |
| 9 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 refusal | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 sibling | case |
| 11 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 share | mark |
| 13 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 give | advcl |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 provisions | nmod:poss |
| 15 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 share | obj |
| 16 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 17 directly | advmod |
| 17 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 18 give | advmod |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 refusal | parataxis |
| 19 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 refusal | 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 | share | to-infinitive | her provisions | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | give | infinitive | rise | directly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rise=Theme | ||||
| 4 | refuse | the second sibling | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | provide | her = she | nom provision «communication intransitive»: 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
the hermit's gift
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hermit | det |
| 2 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gift | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 hermit | case |
| 4 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gift | the hermit | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
the hedge closing on her path
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hedge | det |
| 2 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | closing | close | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 hedge | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 path | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 path | nmod:poss |
| 6 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | gerund | the hedge not said here | her path | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
the curse of the old man's wrath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 curse | det |
| 2 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wrath | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wrath | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 man | case |
| 8 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 curse | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | the old man's wrath | nom curse «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the old man's curse of evil fortune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 curse | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 man | case |
| 5 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fortune | case |
| 7 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fortune | amod |
| 8 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 curse | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | the old man | evil fortune | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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