Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…
Explain why the princess ultimately consents to become the King's bride.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, princess · What happens: explain, consent, become · To what, where: bride
This is exam question 4 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 consents | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 consents | nsubj |
| 5 | ultimately | ultimately | ADV | _ | 6 consents | advmod |
| 6 | consents | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Explain | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 become | mark |
| 8 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 consents | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 bride | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 King | case |
| 12 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 become | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | consent | present | the princess | ultimately property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | become | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | the King's bride | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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
She is frightened by the storm.
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 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 frightened | aux:pass |
| 3 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 storm | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 storm | det |
| 6 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 frightened | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | present · passive | the storm | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Option 2
She is persuaded by the crows' warning about the horse and the shirt.
The tree, 14 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 | 3 persuaded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 persuaded | aux:pass |
| 3 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 warning | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crows | det |
| 6 | crows | crow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 warning | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 crows | case |
| 8 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 persuaded | obl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 horse | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horse | det |
| 11 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 warning | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 shirt | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shirt | det |
| 14 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 warning | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 persuaded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuade | present · passive | the crows's warning about the horse and the shirt | She | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | warn | the crows | about the horse | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She is reassured by his declaration of royal birth and of his overwhelming love for her.
The tree, 16 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 | 3 reassured | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reassured | aux:pass |
| 3 | reassured | reassure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 declaration | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 declaration | nmod:poss |
| 6 | declaration | declaration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reassured | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 birth | case |
| 8 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 birth | amod |
| 9 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 declaration | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 love | cc |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 love | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 love | nmod:poss |
| 13 | overwhelming | overwhelming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 love | amod |
| 14 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 declaration | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 love | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reassured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reassure | present · passive | his declaration of royal birth and his overwhelming love for her | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | declare | his = he | royal birth | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | |||||
| 3 | love | his = he | for her = she | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
Option 4
She agrees because the King offers her every golden cup from his treasury.
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 agrees | nsubj |
| 2 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 offers | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 offers | nsubj |
| 6 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 agrees | ccomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 offers | iobj |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 cup | det |
| 9 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cup | amod |
| 10 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offers | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 treasury | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 treasury | nmod:poss |
| 13 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cup | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 agrees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | She | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | offer | present | the King | every golden cup | her = she | King's treasury | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal cup=Theme |
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