Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

In what manner does Eglantine establish her claim upon the white doe?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Eglantine · What happens: establish, claim · To what, where: claim, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establish	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 establish	aux
5	Eglantine	Eglantine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 establish	nsubj
6	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 claim	nmod:poss
8	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establish	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 doe	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 doe	det
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 doe	amod
12	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establish	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 establish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present · do-support	Eglantine	Eglantine's claim		what manner		upon the white doe	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient
2	claim		Eglantine						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

By requesting the doe to perform gestures of recognition in front of the whole assembled court in the forest

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 requesting	mark
2	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doe	det
4	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 perform	mark
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requesting	advcl
7	gestures	gesture	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 recognition	case
9	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gestures	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 front	case
11	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 court	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 court	amod
15	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 court	amod
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 front	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 forest	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 forest	det
19	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		the doe			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent doe=Recipient
2	perform	to-infinitive		gestures of recognition	front of the whole assembled court	in the forest	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gesture=Theme
3	assemble	participle					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	gesture		recognition				nom gesture «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By requesting the doe to perform gestures of recognition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 requesting	mark
2	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doe	det
4	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 perform	mark
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requesting	advcl
7	gestures	gesture	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 recognition	case
9	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gestures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	request	gerund		the doe	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent doe=Recipient
2	perform	to-infinitive		gestures of recognition	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gesture=Theme
3	gesture		recognition		nom gesture «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

By asking the doe to show she knows her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 knows	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doe	det
4	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asking	xcomp
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	iobj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund		the doe		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent doe=Recipient clause=Topic
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	the doe not said here		she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	know	present	asking	her = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By asking the doe to perform gestures of recognition and then waiting in silence for a response from her

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doe	det
4	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 perform	mark
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asking	xcomp
7	gestures	gesture	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 recognition	case
9	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gestures	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 waiting	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 waiting	advmod
12	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 asking	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 silence	case
14	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waiting	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 response	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 response	det
17	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waiting	obl
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 response	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund		the doe				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent doe=Recipient clause=Topic
2	perform not said to happen	to-infinitive	the doe not said here	gestures of recognition				vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gesture=Theme
3	wait	gerund			silence	then	for a response	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Location
4	gesture		recognition					nom gesture «act intransitive»: of=agent

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