Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper…

Which of the following best describes the outcome for the Marquis upon the conclusion of his interview with the King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: his · What happens: follow, describe, conclude, interview · To what, where: outcome, interview

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 Marquis	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Marquis	det
11	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 conclusion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 interview	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 interview	nmod:poss
17	interview	interview	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 King	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 King	det
20	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 interview	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome	of the best; for the Marquis; upon the conclusion of his interview with the King	tree rules
3	conclude			his interview with the King		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	interview		his = he		with the King	nom interview «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

He became the King's son-in-law

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 law	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 law	case
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 in	punct
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	He	the King's son in law					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He was given a large estate

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 estate	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 estate	amod
6	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient estate=Theme

Option 3

He became the King's steward

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 steward	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
6	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	He	the King's steward					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He was made Duke of the realm

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 made	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 realm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 realm	det
7	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Duke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		He					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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