Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g…

What was the final fate of the queen, and in what manner did it come about?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner · What happens: be, come about · To what, where: final fate, manner

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 queen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 come	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 come	cc
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 manner	case
12	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	13 manner	det
13	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 come	obl
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 come	aux
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 come	nsubj
16	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fate	parataxis
17	about	about	ADV	_	16 come	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final fate				of the queen	tree rules
2	come about	past · do-support	manner			what manner		about property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location

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

she drowned herself in sorrow

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	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 drowned	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 sorrow	case
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	she	herself = she		sorrow			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she threw herself from the tower window in a fit of rage

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	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 threw	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 window	compound
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 fit	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fit	det
10	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 rage	case
12	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	she	herself = she		the tower window		in a fit of rage	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in fit=Destination

Option 3

she poisoned herself in shame

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	2 poisoned	nsubj
2	poisoned	poison	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 poisoned	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 shame	case
5	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poisoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	past	she	herself = she		shame			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she hanged herself in wrath

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	2 hanged	nsubj
2	hanged	hange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 hanged	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 wrath	case
5	wrath	wrath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past	she	herself = she		wrath			tree rules

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