Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

By what means did the frog secure an audience with the monarch?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frog · What happens: mean, secure · To what, where: audience

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 secure	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 secure	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frog	det
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	nsubj
7	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 audience	det
9	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 monarch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 monarch	det
12	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 audience	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 secure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	secure	past · do-support	the frog	a audience				with the monarch	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent audience=Patient with monarch=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

She waited outside the palace gates until the procession of ambassadors arrived and then followed them in with a loud croak

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 gates	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gates	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gates	compound
6	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waited	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 arrived	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 procession	det
9	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arrived	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 ambassadors	case
11	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 procession	nmod
12	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 followed	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 followed	advmod
15	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 followed	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	15 followed	compound:prt
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 croak	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 croak	det
20	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 croak	amod
21	croak	croak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	She		the palace gates			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location
2	arrive	past	the procession of ambassadors					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	follow in	past	She not said here	ambassadors = ambassador		then	with a loud croak	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	proceed		ambassadors					nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She tricked the sentries into opening the great palace gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sentries	det
4	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tricked	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 opening	mark
6	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tricked	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gate	amod
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	compound
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opening	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	She	the sentries					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Patient
2	open	gerund	She not said here	the great palace gate					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme

Option 3

She leapt across the courtyard, slipped past the sentries, and forced the chamberlain to lead her into the Hall before the feast

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leapt	nsubj
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 courtyard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 courtyard	det
5	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leapt	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 slipped	punct
7	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	parataxis
8	past	past	ADP	_	10 sentries	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sentries	det
10	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 slipped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 forced	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 forced	cc
13	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chamberlain	det
15	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 forced	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 lead	mark
17	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 forced	xcomp
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lead	obj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 Hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Hall	det
21	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 lead	obl
22	before	before	ADP	_	24 feast	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 feast	det
24	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt	past	She		the courtyard			tree rules
2	slip	past					past the sentries	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	force	past	She not said here	the chamberlain				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient clause=Topic
4	lead	to-infinitive	the chamberlain not said here	her = she	the Hall	before the feast		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into hall=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She compelled the guard to conduct her procession into the Hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 compelled	nsubj
2	compelled	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guard	det
4	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compelled	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 conduct	mark
6	conduct	conduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 compelled	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 procession	nmod:poss
8	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conduct	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 Hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Hall	det
11	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conduct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	compel	past	She	the guard		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
2	conduct	to-infinitive	She not said here	her procession	the Hall	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent procession=Theme into hall=Destination
3	proceed		her = she			nom procession «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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