Exam question 3 · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

Which phrase best characterises the physicians' response to the princess's outburst?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: characteris · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 characterises	advmod
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 physicians	det
6	physicians	physician	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 response	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 physicians	case
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 outburst	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 outburst	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 princess	case
13	outburst	outburst	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 response	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which phrase	the physicians's response				to the princess's outburst; well property	tree rules

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

Amusement, and they stayed to watch the outburst.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stayed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stayed	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stayed	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stayed	nsubj
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stayed	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outburst	det
9	outburst	outburst	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watch	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Amusement						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	to-infinitive	Amusement not said here	the outburst					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outburst=Theme

Option 2

Offence and alarm, so that they withdrew from the chamber in haste, shaken by the princess's violent and insulting words.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdrew	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 alarm	cc
3	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offence	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 withdrew	punct
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 withdrew	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 withdrew	nsubj
8	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 chamber	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chamber	det
11	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdrew	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 haste	case
13	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chamber	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shaken	punct
15	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 withdrew	conj
16	by	by	ADP	_	23 words	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 princess	det
18	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 words	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 princess	case
20	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 words	amod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 insulting	cc
22	insulting	insulting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 violent	conj
23	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shaken	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 withdrew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	Offence and alarm	the chamber in haste		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial_Location
2	shake	participle	Offence and alarm not said here		by the princess's violent words	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by word=Location
3	word		the princess			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Offence, so that they withdrew at once from the chamber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 withdrew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 withdrew	punct
3	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	6 withdrew	mark
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 so	fixed
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 withdrew	nsubj
6	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 withdrew	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 chamber	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chamber	det
11	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 withdrew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	Offence			the chamber			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial_Location

Option 4

Offence, so that they withdrew at once from the chamber and reported the rudeness to the king.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 withdrew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 withdrew	punct
3	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	6 withdrew	mark
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 so	fixed
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 withdrew	nsubj
6	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 withdrew	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 chamber	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chamber	det
11	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 withdrew	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 reported	cc
13	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 withdrew	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rudeness	det
15	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reported	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 king	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reported	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 withdrew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	Offence			the chamber			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial_Location
2	report	past	Offence not said here	the rudeness	the king				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rudeness=Topic to king=Recipient

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