Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

With reference to the passage, what is the principal consequence of the sparrow-mother's gilding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage · What happens: be · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 consequence	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 consequence	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 consequence	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 consequence	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 consequence	amod
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	18 gilding	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mother	det
14	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mother	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 sparrow	punct
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gilding	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mother	case
18	gilding	gilding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consequence	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the passage and the principal consequence	the principal consequence				of the sparrow mother's gilding	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 · ✓ the right answer

She is attacked and fatally plucked by the birds that once were her kin

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	3 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	aux:pass
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 plucked	cc
5	fatally	fatally	ADV	_	6 plucked	advmod
6	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 attacked	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 birds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 birds	det
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attacked	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 were	obj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 were	advmod
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 birds	acl:relcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 kin	nmod:poss
14	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present · passive	the birds	She					tree rules
2	pluck	participle	the birds not said here					fatally property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She is attacked and fatally plucked by the birds that once were her kin, and falls bleeding into the rose-bush at last

The tree, 23 words

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	3 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	aux:pass
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 plucked	cc
5	fatally	fatally	ADV	_	6 plucked	advmod
6	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 attacked	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 birds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 birds	det
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plucked	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 kin	nsubj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 kin	advmod
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kin	cop
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 kin	nmod:poss
14	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 birds	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 falls	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 falls	cc
17	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	conj
18	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 falls	xcomp
19	into	into	ADP	_	23 bush	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bush	det
21	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bush	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 rose	punct
23	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bleeding	obl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 last	case
25	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bleeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	attack	present · passive		She			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	pluck	participle				by the birds; fatally property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	the birds	her kin		once property	tree rules
4	fall	present					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	bleed	gerund			the rose bush	at last	vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bush=Location

Option 3

She is attacked and fatally plucked by the birds that once were her kin, who mistook her for a peacock

The tree, 20 words

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	3 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	aux:pass
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 plucked	cc
5	fatally	fatally	ADV	_	6 plucked	advmod
6	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 attacked	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 birds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 birds	det
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plucked	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 mistook	nsubj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 kin	advmod
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kin	cop
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 kin	nmod:poss
14	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mistook	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mistook	punct
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 mistook	nsubj
17	mistook	mistake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 birds	acl:relcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mistook	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 peacock	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 peacock	det
21	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mistook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	attack	present · passive		She		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	pluck	participle			by the birds; fatally property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past		her kin	once property	tree rules
4	mistake	past	the birds	her = she	for a peacock	tree rules

Option 4

She is admired by the peacocks and then carried off by the soap-man

The tree, 14 words

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	3 admired	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 admired	aux:pass
3	admired	admire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 peacocks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peacocks	det
6	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 admired	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 carried	advmod
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 admired	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 carried	compound:prt
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 man	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
13	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 man	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 soap	punct
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admire	present · passive	the peacocks	She					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
2	carry off	participle	the peacocks not said here				then	by the soap man	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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