Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of…

Which phrase best describes the princess's state of mind after she surrendered the stone?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: describe, surrender · To what, where: state, stone

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1157 «Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of ice is raised, and the ogre tricks the 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 phrase	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 princess	case
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 mind	case
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 surrendered	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 surrendered	nsubj
13	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 describes	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stone	det
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 surrendered	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the princess's state of mind					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme
2	surrender	past	phrase	the stone					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

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

a cold chill ran through her and she could not speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chill	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chill	amod
3	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 speak	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 speak	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 speak	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 speak	advmod
11	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ran	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	a cold chill					through her = she	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through she=Trajectory
2	not speak speech: other	could	chill						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a cold chill ran through her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chill	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chill	amod
3	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	a cold chill					through her = she	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through she=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

her heart sank with dread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 dread	case
5	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	her heart					with dread	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dread=Instrument

Option 4

a cold chill ran through her whole body and bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chill	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chill	amod
3	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 body	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 body	amod
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bones	cc
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 body	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	a cold chill			chill's whole body and bones			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through body=Trajectory

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