Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the fal…

What was the condition of the prince when he first beheld the false bride?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be, behold · To what, where: condition, false bride

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1172 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the false bride is taken to the palace and exposed» 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	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 beheld	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 beheld	nsubj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 beheld	advmod
11	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bride	det
13	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bride	amod
14	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beheld	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition				of the prince	tree rules
2	behold	past	he	the false bride				first property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus

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

He laughed loudly and bowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 laughed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bowed	cc
5	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 laughed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He					loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bow	participle	He not said here						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He grew very pale and angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 pale	advmod
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 angry	cc
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pale	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	He					pale property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He ran away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	He					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was rooted to the spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rooted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rooted	aux:pass
3	rooted	root	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 spot	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spot	det
6	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rooted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	root	past · passive		He				to the spot	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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