Exam question 3 · Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany thre…

What is the principal cause of Denis's withdrawal from Tephany?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Denis · What happens: be, withdraw · To what, where: principal cause, Tephany

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1328 «Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany three magic gifts, and she grows vain and sharp» 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	5 cause	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 withdrawal	case
7	Denis	Denis	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 withdrawal	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Denis	case
9	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 Tephany	case
11	Tephany	Tephany	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 withdrawal	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal cause				of Denis's withdrawal from Tephany	tree rules
2	withdraw		Denis			Tephany			nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: poss=agent from=place

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

His lack of love for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lack	nmod:poss
2	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 love	case
4	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lack	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack		His = he	love				for her = she	nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient for=obl

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His neglect of her listening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 neglect	nmod:poss
2	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 listening	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 listening	nmod:poss
5	listening	listening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 neglect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect		His = he	her listening					nom neglect «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
2	listen		her = she						nom listening «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

His neglect of her listening, since he talks about himself all day long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 neglect	nmod:poss
2	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talks	nsubj:outer
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 listening	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 listening	nmod:poss
5	listening	listening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 neglect	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talks	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 talks	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talks	nsubj
9	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 talks	obl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 long	obl:unmarked
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 talks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	talk	present	His neglect of neglect's listening		about himself = he; long property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=Topic
2	neglect		His = he	neglect's listening		nom neglect «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
3	listen		neglect			nom listening «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

His neglect of her listening and his constant boasting about himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 neglect	nmod:poss
2	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 listening	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 listening	nmod:poss
5	listening	listening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 neglect	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 boasting	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 boasting	nmod:poss
8	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boasting	amod
9	boasting	boasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 neglect	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 boasting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect		His = he	her listening					nom neglect «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
2	listen		her = she						nom listening «act transitive»: poss=agent

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