Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

What reply did the Princess make when Riquet declared that she was beautiful?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess, Riquet · What happens: be, do, make, declare

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 declared	advmod
8	Riquet	Riquet	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 declared	nsubj
9	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 make	advcl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 beautiful	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 beautiful	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 beautiful	cop
13	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 declared	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present			tree rules
2	do	past			tree rules
3	make	present	the Princess		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	declare speech: other	past	Riquet		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	Riquet	beautiful property	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

She answered "You flatter me," and then fell silent

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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 flatter	punct
4	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 flatter	nsubj
5	flatter	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	ccomp
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 flatter	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flatter	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 flatter	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fell	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 fell	advmod
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
12	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She				tree rules
2	flatter in a quote	present	You	me			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer
3	fall	past	She not said here		then	silent property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She answered "You are pleased to say so," and then ceased speaking, astonished at his boldness in the wood

The tree, 19 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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
4	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pleased	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	cop
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 answered	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pleased	xcomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ceased	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 ceased	advmod
14	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
15	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 ceased	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 astonished	punct
17	astonished	astonish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 speaking	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 boldness	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 boldness	nmod:poss
20	boldness	boldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 astonished	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 wood	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 wood	det
23	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 boldness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	You			pleased property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	You not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	cease	past	She not said here		then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	speak speech: other	gerund	She not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	astonish	participle	She not said here	his boldness in the wood			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She answered "You are pleased to say so," and then ceased speaking

The tree, 12 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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
4	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pleased	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	cop
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 answered	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pleased	xcomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ceased	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 ceased	advmod
14	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
15	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 ceased	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	You		pleased property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	You not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	cease	past	She not said here	then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	speak speech: other	gerund	She not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She answered "You are pleased to say so," and then ceased speaking and turned her face away

The tree, 17 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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
4	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pleased	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	cop
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 answered	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pleased	xcomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ceased	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 ceased	advmod
14	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
15	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 ceased	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 turned	cc
17	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 face	nmod:poss
19	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 turned	obj
20	away	away	ADV	_	17 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	You			pleased property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	You not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	cease	past	She not said here		then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	speak speech: other	gerund	She not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	turn away	past	She not said here	her face		away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme

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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