Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidd…
What reason is given in the text for the Prince's refraining from forcing the door?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, refrain, force · To what, where: text, door
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» 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 | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 text | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 text | det |
| 7 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 refraining | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Prince | det |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 refraining | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Prince | case |
| 12 | refraining | refrain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 given | advcl |
| 13 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 14 forcing | mark |
| 14 | forcing | force | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 refraining | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 door | det |
| 16 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 forcing | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | the text | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | refrain | gerund | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | force | gerund | the door | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Recipient |
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 sound of her singing in the room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 singing | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 singing | nmod:poss |
| 5 | singing | singing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sound | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 room | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 room | det |
| 8 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 singing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing | her = she | the room | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
Option 2
the thought of his father's anger at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thought | det |
| 2 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 anger | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 father | nmod:poss |
| 5 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 anger | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 father | case |
| 7 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | nmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 anger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think | his father's anger at him | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | anger | his father | at him = he | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
the respect her beauty inspired in him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 respect | det |
| 2 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beauty | nsubj |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 4 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 beauty | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 inspired | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inspire | participle | respect's beauty not said here | in him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
the sight of the soot and rags she wore on her face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sight | det |
| 2 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rags | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 soot | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 soot | det |
| 5 | soot | soot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sight | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 rags | cc |
| 7 | rags | rag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wore | nsubj |
| 9 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rags | ccomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 face | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 face | nmod:poss |
| 12 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wore | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rag | present | the sight of the soot | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wear | past | sight | sight's face | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | sight | the soot | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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