Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa…

Explain the significance of the witch's request to be loved, as stated in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, witch · What happens: explain, love, state, request · To what, where: significance, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 request	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 witch	case
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	11 loved	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 loved	aux:pass
11	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stated	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 stated	mark
14	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 loved	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stated	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the witch's request		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	love	to-infinitive · passive	you not said here			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»
3	state speech: other	participle	you not said here		the passage	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	request		the witch			nom request «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

It suggests she was lonely, though her spells seem cruel and cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suggests	nsubj
2	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lonely	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lonely	cop
5	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 suggests	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 seem	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 seem	mark
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 spells	nmod:poss
9	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 seem	nsubj
10	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 suggests	conj
11	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 seem	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cold	cc
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present	It		vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she	lonely property	tree rules
3	seem	present	her spells	cruel property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	spell		her = she		nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It reveals a deep loneliness that contrasts with her gruff trade and suggests she wants the Queen's pity above all else

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loneliness	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loneliness	amod
5	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reveals	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 contrasts	nsubj
7	contrasts	contrast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 loneliness	acl:relcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 trade	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 trade	nmod:poss
10	gruff	gruff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 trade	amod
11	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contrasts	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 suggests	cc
13	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reveals	conj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wants	nsubj
15	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 suggests	ccomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 pity	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Queen	case
19	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wants	obj
20	above	above	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 pity	nmod
22	else	else	ADV	_	19 pity	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It	a deep loneliness			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loneliness=Topic
2	contrast	present	a deep loneliness			with her gruff trade	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with trade=Co-Patient
3	suggest speech: suggest	present					vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	want	present	she	the Queen's pity	all		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pity=Theme
5	trade		her = she				nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent
6	pity		the Queen				nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It reveals a desire for affection that contrasts with her gruff trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 desire	det
4	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reveals	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 affection	case
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 desire	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 contrasts	nsubj
8	contrasts	contrast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 desire	acl:relcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 trade	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 trade	nmod:poss
11	gruff	gruff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trade	amod
12	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contrasts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It	a desire	for affection	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Topic
2	contrast	present	a desire		with her gruff trade	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with trade=Co-Patient
3	trade		her = she			nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It shows a hidden longing for love behind her harsh and gruff trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 longing	det
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 longing	amod
5	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 love	case
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 trade	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 trade	nmod:poss
10	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trade	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gruff	cc
12	gruff	gruff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 harsh	conj
13	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	a hidden longing		her harsh trade		for love	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent longing=Recipient
2	trade		her = she						nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent

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