Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

In what manner did the eldest princess conduct herself when the company gathered about her sister?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: herself · What happens: do, gather · To what, where: eldest princess conduct, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 conduct	amod
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	compound
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 gathered	nsubj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 gathered	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 company	det
12	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gathered	nsubj
13	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 conduct	acl:relcl
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 sister	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 sister	nmod:poss
16	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gathered	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the eldest princess conduct		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Eventuality
2	gather	past	herself = she					about company's sister	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 was melancholy and went alone into the wood to lament her misfortune

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	5 went	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 melancholy	cop
3	melancholy	melancholy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 She	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 went	cc
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 lament	mark
11	lament	lament	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 went	advcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 misfortune	nmod:poss
13	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lament	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She not said here	melancholy			tree rules
2	go	past	She		the wood	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location
3	lament	to-infinitive	She not said here	her misfortune			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer misfortune=Stimulus

Option 2

She was sad and wandered alone into the forest to mourn

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 sad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wandered	cc
5	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	conj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 wandered	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wandered	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 mourn	mark
11	mourn	mourn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wandered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		sad property	tree rules
2	wander	past	She not said here	the forest	alone property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination
3	mourn	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

She was pleased and went off alone to the garden to rest

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 pleased	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pleased	cop
3	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 went	cc
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pleased	conj
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 went	compound:prt
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 garden	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garden	det
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 rest	mark
12	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 went	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	She	pleased property	tree rules
2	go off	past	She not said here	to the garden; alone property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
3	rest	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She was cheerful

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 cheerful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cheerful	cop
3	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					cheerful property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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