Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g…

Upon what grounds did the third head pronounce its sentence upon the young woman?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: third head, head · What happens: ground, pronounce, sentence · To what, where: sentence

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 pronounce	obl
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pronounce	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
6	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 head	amod
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pronounce	nsubj
8	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sentence	nmod:poss
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pronounce	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 woman	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woman	amod
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pronounce	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 pronounce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ground	present				vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pronounce	past · do-support	the third head	head's sentence	upon the young woman	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme
3	sentence		head			nom sentence «communication 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

the rudeness she showed at the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rudeness	det
2	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	nsubj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 showed	nsubj
4	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the rudeness			the well			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the insolence of her treatment at the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 insolence	det
2	insolence	insolence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 treatment	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 treatment	nmod:poss
5	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insolence	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 well	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 well	det
8	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insolence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat		her = she						nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the insolence of her cruel treatment of the first head and the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 insolence	det
2	insolence	insolence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 treatment	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 treatment	nmod:poss
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 treatment	amod
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insolence	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 head	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 head	amod
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treatment	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 well	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 well	det
13	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insolence	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat		her = she	the first head					nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

the rude manner in which she refused the old man's request for water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manner	amod
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refused	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 refused	obl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 refused	nsubj
7	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 request	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 man	case
12	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refused	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the rude manner	the old man's request				for water	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme
2	request		the old man						nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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