Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

Why does Desiree resolve to feign thirst in order to separate herself from the prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Desiree · What happens: resolve, feign, separate · To what, where: thirst, Desiree

This is exam question 4 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 resolve	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 resolve	aux
3	Desiree	Desiree	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 resolve	nsubj
4	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feign	mark
6	feign	feign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 resolve	xcomp
7	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feign	obj
8	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 separate	mark
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 separate	mark
11	separate	separate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 feign	advcl
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 separate	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 prince	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prince	det
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 separate	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 resolve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resolve	present · do-support	Desiree			tree rules
2	feign	to-infinitive	Desiree not said here	thirst		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient
3	separate	to-infinitive	Desiree not said here	Desiree	from the prince	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent herself=Patient from prince=Co-Patient

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

To avoid revealing her human form in his presence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 avoid	mark
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	revealing	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 avoid	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 form	nmod:poss
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 revealing	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 presence	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 presence	nmod:poss
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 revealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive				vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	reveal	gerund		her human form	his presence	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic
3	form		her = she			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To avoid revealing her human form in his presence and to escape his anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 avoid	mark
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	revealing	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 avoid	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 form	nmod:poss
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 revealing	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 presence	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 presence	nmod:poss
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 revealing	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 escape	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 escape	mark
12	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 avoid	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 anger	nmod:poss
14	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive				vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	reveal	gerund		her human form	his presence	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic
3	escape	to-infinitive		his anger		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anger=Initial_Location
4	form		her = she			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	anger		his = he			nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To hide her true identity here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 identity	nmod:poss
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 identity	amod
5	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obj
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 hide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive		her true identity		here			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient

Option 4

To keep her secret from the prince for now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 secret	nmod:poss
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 now	case
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		her secret				from the prince	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from prince=Eventuality

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