Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…

Which of the following best describes the faithful John's conduct in the matter of the locked chamber?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: John, locked chamber · What happens: follow, describe, lock, conduct, matter · To what, where: faithful conduct, matter

This is exam question 1 of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conduct	det
8	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conduct	amod
9	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 John	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 matter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 matter	det
14	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 chamber	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chamber	det
17	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 chamber	amod
18	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 matter	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		John's faithful conduct	the matter of the locked chamber	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	lock	participle				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	conduct		John		the matter of the locked chamber	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place
5	matter		the locked chamber			nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

At first he hesitated and tried to dissuade the King, then reluctantly followed him in, though he had solemnly sworn to his late father never to allow the locked chamber to be opened by anyone.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 hesitated	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hesitated	nsubj
4	hesitated	hesitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tried	cc
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hesitated	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 dissuade	mark
8	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dissuade	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 followed	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 followed	advmod
13	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	_	14 followed	advmod
14	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hesitated	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 followed	obj
16	in	in	ADV	_	14 followed	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sworn	punct
18	though	though	SCONJ	_	22 sworn	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 sworn	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 sworn	aux
21	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	_	22 sworn	advmod
22	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 hesitated	conj
23	to	to	ADP	_	26 father	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 father	nmod:poss
25	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 father	amod
26	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sworn	obl
27	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	29 allow	advmod
28	to	to	PART	_	29 allow	mark
29	allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 sworn	advcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 chamber	det
31	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 chamber	amod
32	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 allow	obj
33	to	to	PART	_	35 opened	mark
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 opened	aux:pass
35	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 chamber	acl
36	by	by	ADP	_	37 anyone	case
37	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	35 opened	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hesitated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hesitate	past	he					vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at first=Location
2	try	past	he not said here					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	dissuade not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		the King			vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer king=Beneficiary
4	follow	past	he not said here	King		then	reluctantly property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	swear	past · perfect	King				to King's late father; solemnly property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	not allow	to-infinitive	King not said here	the locked chamber				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamber=Beneficiary
7	lock	participle						vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
8	open	to-infinitive · passive	anyone	the locked chamber not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He argued bitterly, then left the court altogether, though he had sworn loyalty to the old King.

The tree, 17 words

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 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	_	2 argued	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 left	advmod
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 argued	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj
9	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	6 left	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sworn	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 sworn	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sworn	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sworn	aux
14	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 left	conj
15	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sworn	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 King	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 King	det
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 King	amod
19	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sworn	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 argued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	He			bitterly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	past		the court	then	altogether property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme
3	swear	past · perfect	he	loyalty		to the old King	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He initially resisted, then complied with the King's wish, though he had sworn an oath to his late father.

The tree, 20 words

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 resisted	nsubj
2	initially	initially	ADV	_	3 resisted	advmod
3	resisted	resist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 complied	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 complied	advmod
6	complied	comply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 resisted	xcomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 wish	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wish	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 King	case
11	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 complied	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sworn	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 sworn	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sworn	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sworn	aux
16	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 complied	conj
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 oath	det
18	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sworn	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 father	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 father	nmod:poss
21	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 father	amod
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sworn	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 resisted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	resist	past	He			initially property	tree rules
2	comply	participle	He not said here		then	with the King's wish	tree rules
3	swear	past · perfect	King	a oath		to King's late father	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
4	wish		the King				nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He resisted the King's wish at first, then gave way completely, though he had sworn an oath to his late father to guard the room and never to let anyone enter it, even the King himself.

The tree, 37 words

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 resisted	nsubj
2	resisted	resist	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 wish	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resisted	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 resisted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 gave	advmod
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 resisted	conj
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
13	completely	completely	ADV	_	11 gave	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sworn	punct
15	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 sworn	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sworn	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sworn	aux
18	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 gave	conj
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 oath	det
20	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sworn	obj
21	to	to	ADP	_	24 father	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 father	nmod:poss
23	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 father	amod
24	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sworn	obl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 guard	mark
26	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 sworn	advcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 room	det
28	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 guard	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 let	cc
30	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	32 let	advmod
31	to	to	PART	_	32 let	mark
32	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 guard	conj
33	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	32 let	obj
34	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 let	xcomp
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 enter	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 King	punct
37	even	even	ADV	_	39 King	advmod
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 King	det
39	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 let	parataxis
40	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	39 King	nmod
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 resisted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	resist	past	He	the King's wish			tree rules
2	give	past	He not said here	way	then	completely property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	swear	past · perfect	King	a oath		to King's late father	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
4	guard	to-infinitive	King not said here	the room			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Beneficiary
5	not let	to-infinitive	King not said here	anyone			tree rules
6	enter	infinitive	anyone not said here	room			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
7	wish		the King				nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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