Exam question 4 · Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High Ki…
With reference to the passage, state the emotion Crimthann displayed when the lady was taken to the palace as queen.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Crimthann · What happens: state, display, take · To what, where: emotion, lady, palace
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1051 «Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry him» 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 | 7 state | obl |
| 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 | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| 7 | state | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 emotion | det |
| 9 | emotion | emotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | obj |
| 10 | Crimthann | Crimthann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 displayed | nsubj |
| 11 | displayed | display | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 emotion | acl:relcl |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 16 taken | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lady | det |
| 14 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 taken | aux:pass |
| 16 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 displayed | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 palace | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 palace | det |
| 19 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 taken | obl |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 queen | case |
| 21 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 taken | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the emotion | with reference to the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent emotion=Topic | |||
| 2 | display | past | Crimthann | the emotion not said here | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past · passive | the lady | the palace | as queen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to palace=Destination |
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
Melancholy mood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melancholy | melancholy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mood | compound |
| 2 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Great contentment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 contentment | amod |
| 2 | contentment | contentment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Anger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
He was filled with bitter rage and a melancholy mood
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 filled | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 filled | aux:pass |
| 3 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 rage | case |
| 5 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rage | amod |
| 6 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 filled | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 mood | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mood | det |
| 9 | melancholy | melancholy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mood | compound |
| 10 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rage | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | past · passive | He | with bitter rage and a melancholy mood | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with rage=Instrument |
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