Exam question 2 · Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her wor…

By what means did the Princess come to be informed of the wedding preparations?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: mean, come, inform

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 come	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	10 informed	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 informed	aux:pass
10	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 come	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 preparations	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 preparations	det
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 preparations	compound
14	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 informed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	come	past · do-support	the Princess		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by what=Location
3	inform speech: other	to-infinitive · passive	the Princess not said here	of the wedding preparations	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: of preparation=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 overhearing	mark
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kitchen	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhearing	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 overhearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	gerund		the kitchen				beneath her feet	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitchen=Stimulus

Option 2

By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet, and then asking the cooks directly about the feast preparations

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 overhearing	mark
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kitchen	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhearing	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 overhearing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 asking	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asking	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 asking	advmod
11	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 overhearing	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cooks	det
13	cooks	cook	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 asking	obj
14	directly	directly	ADV	_	11 asking	advmod
15	about	about	ADP	_	18 preparations	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 preparations	det
17	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 preparations	compound
18	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	gerund		the kitchen				beneath her feet	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitchen=Stimulus
2	ask speech: ask	gerund		the cooks			then	about the feast preparations; directly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient about preparation=Topic

Option 3

By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet while she walked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 overhearing	mark
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kitchen	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhearing	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 overhearing	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 walked	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 walked	nsubj
10	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 overhearing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	gerund		the kitchen				beneath her feet	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitchen=Stimulus
2	walk	past	she						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By reading a note from the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 reading	mark
2	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 note	det
4	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reading	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 King	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		a note				from the King	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent note=Topic from king=Source

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