Exam question 3 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmo…

Identify the reason the prince was unable to speak with his wife upon his return to the palace.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prince, his · What happens: identify, be, speak, return · To what, where: reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unable	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 unable	cop
7	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 speak	mark
9	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 unable	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 wife	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wife	nmod:poss
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 speak	obl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 return	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 return	nmod:poss
15	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wife	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 return	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	past	the prince	the reason not said here	unable property	tree rules
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	the prince not said here		with his wife upon his return to the palace	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with wife=Co-Agent
4	return		his = he		to the palace	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 sent the maid to the prince with a note explaining her wound and asked him to wait until morning, when the household had gathered in the hall to celebrate.

The tree, 30 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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 note	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 note	det
10	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
11	explaining	explain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sent	advcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wound	nmod:poss
13	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 explaining	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 asked	cc
15	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 asked	iobj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 wait	mark
18	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 asked	xcomp
19	until	until	ADP	_	20 morning	case
20	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wait	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 gathered	punct
22	when	when	SCONJ	_	26 gathered	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 household	det
24	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 gathered	nsubj:pass
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 gathered	aux
26	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 wait	advcl
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 hall	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 hall	det
29	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 gathered	obl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 celebrate	mark
31	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 gathered	advcl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	She	the maid	the prince			with a note	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maid=Theme to prince=Destination
2	explain speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	maid's wound					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Topic
3	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here				morning		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	gather	past · perfect · passive		the household		the hall			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6	celebrate	to-infinitive							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	wound		maid						nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She turned away and whispered softly, claiming her throat was sore that night.

The tree, 13 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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 whispered	cc
5	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
6	softly	softly	ADV	_	5 whispered	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 claiming	punct
8	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 whispered	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 throat	nmod:poss
10	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sore	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sore	cop
12	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 claiming	ccomp
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sore	obl:unmarked
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past	She		away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	whisper speech: assert	past	She not said here		softly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	claim speech: other	gerund	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	her throat	night	sore property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She pointed to her cheek and murmured, feigning a toothache, so that she could not be heard.

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 pointed	nsubj
2	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 cheek	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cheek	nmod:poss
5	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pointed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 murmured	cc
7	murmured	murmur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pointed	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feigning	punct
9	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 murmured	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 toothache	det
11	toothache	toothache	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feigning	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 heard	punct
13	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 heard	mark
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 so	fixed
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 heard	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 heard	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 heard	advmod
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 heard	aux:pass
19	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 feigning	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pointed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	point	past	She		her cheek	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cheek=Recipient
2	murmur speech: other	past	She not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	feign	gerund	She not said here	a toothache		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toothache=Patient
4	not hear	could · passive		she		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

She covered her face and whispered, pretending to be too tired to talk.

The tree, 13 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 covered	nsubj
2	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covered	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whispered	cc
6	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 covered	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pretending	punct
8	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 whispered	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	12 tired	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 tired	cop
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 tired	advmod
12	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pretending	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 talk	mark
14	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 tired	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cover	past	She	her face		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Destination
2	whisper speech: assert	past	She not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pretend	gerund	She not said here			tree rules
4	is	to-infinitive	She not said here		tired property	tree rules
5	talk	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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