Exam question 1 · Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother se…

In the tale, what instruction did the deceased mother give to her daughter before her death?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: instruction · What happens: decease, give, die · To what, where: daughter, tale

This is exam question 1 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tale	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 did	obj
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 give	aux
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
9	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 mother	amod
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
11	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 daughter	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 daughter	nmod:poss
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
15	before	before	ADP	_	17 death	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 death	nmod:poss
17	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	decease	participle					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	give	past · do-support		instruction's daughter	the tale	before instruction's death	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient
3	die		instruction				nom death «event intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To remain a virtuous and obedient girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 girl	det
4	virtuous	virtuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 girl	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 obedient	cc
6	obedient	obedient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 virtuous	conj
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive		a virtuous girl					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To seek a wealthy husband without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 husband	det
4	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 husband	amod
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		a wealthy husband				without delay	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme

Option 3

To refuse all work in the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refuse	mark
2	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 work	det
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refuse	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 household	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refuse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	to-infinitive		all work		the household			vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme

Option 4

To attend every feast in the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attend	mark
2	attend	attend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 feast	det
4	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attend	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 land	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	to-infinitive		every feast		the land			vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Goal

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