Exam question 2 · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

What does the prince's grip on the changing creature reveal about his character?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince · What happens: do, change, grip · To what, where: grip, changing creature reveal

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grip	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 prince	case
6	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 reveal	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reveal	det
9	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reveal	amod
10	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reveal	compound
11	reveal	reveal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grip	nmod
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 character	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 character	nmod:poss
14	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reveal	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present		the prince's grip	the changing creature reveal about his character	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grip=Eventuality
2	change	gerund				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grip		the prince		the changing creature reveal about his character	nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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 right answer

Steadfast resolve: he keeps hold despite each transformation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 resolve	amod
2	resolve	resolve	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 keeps	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hold	advcl
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	despite	despite	ADP	_	9 transformation	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 transformation	det
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	resolve						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hold	present	Steadfast resolve					despite each transformation	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Impatience, since he wants the transformation to end quickly now.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Impatience	impatience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	5 wants	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Impatience	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 transformation	det
7	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 end	mark
9	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 end	advmod
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 end	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Impatience	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	he	the transformation					tree rules
2	end not said to happen	to-infinitive	the transformation not said here				now	quickly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Curiosity: he wants to see each new shape closely and at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 wants	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 shape	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shape	amod
9	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
10	closely	closely	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 once	cc
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 closely	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Curiosity						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	Curiosity not said here	each new shape				closely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus

Option 4

Loyalty mixed with fear: he keeps hold through each change, though he doubts whether the creature is truly his bride at all.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
2	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Loyalty	acl
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 fear	case
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mixed	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keeps	conj
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 change	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 change	det
11	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hold	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 doubts	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 doubts	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 doubts	nsubj
15	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keeps	conj
16	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	22 bride	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 creature	det
18	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 bride	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 bride	cop
20	truly	truly	ADV	_	22 bride	advmod
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 bride	nmod:poss
22	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 doubts	ccomp
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 bride	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mix	participle		Loyalty not said here		with fear	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with fear=Co-Patient
2	keep	present	Loyalty				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hold	present	Loyalty not said here		each change		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through change=Location
4	doubt	present	Loyalty				vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	the creature	Loyalty's bride	all	truly property	tree rules

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