Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza sp…

Explain the significance of the king's distress, as evidenced by his darkening brow and his restless nights.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: explain, evidence, darken, distress · To what, where: significance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1023 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza spins nettles in silence, is taken to the king's castle, and is made queen while she still cannot speak.» 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 distress	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distress	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 evidenced	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 evidenced	mark
11	evidenced	evidence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	ccomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 brow	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 brow	nmod:poss
14	darkening	darken	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 brow	amod
15	brow	brow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 evidenced	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 nights	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 nights	nmod:poss
18	restless	restless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 nights	amod
19	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 brow	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the king's distress		tree rules
2	evidence	participle			by king's darkening brow and king's restless nights	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	darken	gerund				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	distress		the king			nom distress «feeling 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 · ← Mova's choice

He is troubled by the crown and what the archbishop told him about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 troubled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 troubled	aux:pass
3	troubled	trouble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 crown	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crown	det
6	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 troubled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 told	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 told	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 archbishop	det
10	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 told	nsubj
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 troubled	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	iobj
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trouble	present · passive		He				by the crown	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	past	the archbishop		him = he			about her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

Option 2

He doubts the innocence of his bride and suspects her nocturnal conduct, so he has her watched by guards in the castle

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 doubts	nsubj
2	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 innocence	det
4	innocence	innocence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bride	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bride	nmod:poss
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 innocence	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 suspects	cc
9	suspects	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 doubts	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 conduct	nmod:poss
11	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conduct	amod
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suspects	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 has	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 has	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 has	nsubj
16	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 doubts	conj
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 guards	nmod:poss
18	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 guards	amod
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 guards	case
20	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 has	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 castle	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 castle	det
23	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 guards	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	doubt	present	He	the innocence of his bride		vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme
2	suspect	present	He not said here	bride's nocturnal conduct		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent conduct=Attribute
3	have	present	he	bride's watched guards	the castle	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
4	watch	participle				vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
5	conduct		bride			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He doubts the innocence of his bride and suspects her nocturnal conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 doubts	nsubj
2	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 innocence	det
4	innocence	innocence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bride	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bride	nmod:poss
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 innocence	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 suspects	cc
9	suspects	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 doubts	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 conduct	nmod:poss
11	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conduct	amod
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suspects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	doubt	present	He	the innocence of his bride	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme
2	suspect	present	He not said here	bride's nocturnal conduct	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent conduct=Attribute
3	conduct		bride		nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He worries about the wedding feast and guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 worries	nsubj
2	worries	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 feast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feast	det
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feast	compound
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worries	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 guests	cc
8	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	present	He					about the wedding feast and guests	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about feast=Stimulus

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