Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, par…

Which of the following best describes the condition of the princess when the frog arrived at the door?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: frog · What happens: follow, describe, arrive, condition · To what, where: condition, door, princess

This is exam question 4 of lesson 123 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, part 26: the lazy girl gets pitch, and the frog claims his promise» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 princess	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 condition	nmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 arrived	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 frog	det
14	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 arrived	nsubj
15	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 princess	acl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 arrived	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the condition of the princess		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	arrive	past	the frog		the door	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	condition			the princess		nom condition «state transitive»: of=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 was smiling, and her cheeks were warm

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	3 smiling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 smiling	aux
3	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 warm	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 warm	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cheeks	nmod:poss
7	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 warm	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 warm	cop
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smiling	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past · progressive	She						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	her cheeks					warm property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was pale, and her heart was beating violently

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	3 pale	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pale	cop
3	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 beating	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 beating	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 heart	nmod:poss
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 beating	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 beating	aux
9	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pale	conj
10	violently	violently	ADV	_	9 beating	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					pale property	tree rules
2	beat	past · progressive	her heart					violently property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She was crying, and her eyes were red

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	3 crying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 crying	aux
3	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 red	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 red	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 red	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 red	cop
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crying	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	She						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	her eyes					red property	tree rules

Option 4

She was happy

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	3 happy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happy	cop
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					happy property	tree rules

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