Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

Which of the following best describes the goodwife's wish about her husband?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 3 of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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	10 wish	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 wish	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wish	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 wish	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 wish	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wish	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goodwife	det
8	goodwife	goodwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wish	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 goodwife	case
10	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 husband	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 husband	nmod:poss
13	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wish	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 wish	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	is	present						of the goodwife's best wish; about her husband	tree rules

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

She wished him gone

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	obj
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wished	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She	him = he					tree rules
2	go not said to happen	participle	She not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She wished the soup spilled on his lap

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soup	det
4	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	nsubj
5	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	ccomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 lap	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lap	nmod:poss
8	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	spill	past	the soup			his lap			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lap=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She wished the pudding were stuck upon his nose

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pudding	det
4	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stuck	cop
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wished	ccomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 nose	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nose	nmod:poss
9	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	past	the pudding					upon his nose; stuck property	tree rules

Option 4

She wished the bread were stuck upon his coat

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bread	det
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stuck	cop
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wished	ccomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 coat	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 coat	nmod:poss
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	past	the bread					upon his coat; stuck property	tree rules

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