Exam question 1 · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…

Which object did the maiden use to part the flames, and what was its purpose in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, be · To what, where: maiden use, purpose, narrative

This is exam question 1 of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 use	det
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 use	amod
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 part	mark
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flames	det
10	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 part	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 purpose	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 purpose	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 purpose	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 purpose	cop
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 purpose	nmod:poss
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 purpose	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the maiden use					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Eventuality
2	is a	past		object's purpose		the narrative			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

The three cakes, which she used to feed Eisenkopf quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cakes	det
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 cakes	nummod
3	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 used	obj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	nsubj
7	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 feed	mark
9	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	xcomp
10	Eisenkopf	Eisenkopf	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 feed	obj
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	9 feed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the three cakes						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	feed	to-infinitive	the three cakes not said here		Eisenkopf			quietly property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eisenkopf=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The three napkins, which she used to divide the fire for Eisenkopf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 napkins	det
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 napkins	nummod
3	napkins	napkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 used	obj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	nsubj
7	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 divide	mark
9	divide	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 divide	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 Eisenkopf	case
13	Eisenkopf	Eisenkopf	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 divide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the three napkins						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	divide	to-infinitive	the three napkins not said here	the fire				for Eisenkopf	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme

Option 3

The bellows and the three napkins, which she used to split the fire and let the dogs out of the house

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bellows	det
2	bellows	bellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 used	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 napkins	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 napkins	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 napkins	nummod
6	napkins	napkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bellows	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 used	obj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 used	nsubj
10	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 split	mark
12	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 used	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fire	det
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 split	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 let	cc
16	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 split	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dogs	det
18	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 let	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	22 house	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 house	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 house	det
22	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	use	past	the bellows and the three napkins			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	split	to-infinitive	the bellows and the three napkins not said here	the fire		vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient
3	let	infinitive	the bellows and the three napkins not said here	the dogs	the house	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The poker, which she used to spread the coals for the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poker	det
2	poker	poker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 used	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 used	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 used	nsubj
6	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 spread	mark
8	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coals	det
10	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spread	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 dog	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	she	the poker					tree rules
2	spread	to-infinitive	she not said here	the coals				for the dog	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coal=Theme

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