Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ…

Which of the following correctly describes the Prince's attitude towards the flattery that he received?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: follow, describe, receive · To what, where: flattery

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» 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	10 attitude	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 attitude	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 attitude	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 attitude	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
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 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 attitude	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Prince	case
10	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 flattery	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flattery	det
13	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attitude	nmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 received	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 received	nsubj
16	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 flattery	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 attitude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	receive	past	he	the flattery not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flattery=Theme

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

He decided to reward every flatterer generously at court, though he never noticed they were mocking him all along

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reward	mark
4	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 flatterer	det
6	flatterer	flatterer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reward	obj
7	generously	generously	ADV	_	4 reward	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reward	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 noticed	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 noticed	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 noticed	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 noticed	advmod
14	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 decided	conj
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mocking	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 mocking	aux
17	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 noticed	ccomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mocking	obj
19	all	all	ADV	_	20 along	advmod
20	along	along	ADV	_	17 mocking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	reward not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	every flatterer	court	generously property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent flatterer=Recipient
3	not notice	past	he				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	mock	past · progressive	they	him = he		along property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He resolved to reject all flattery forever, and to punish every courtier who dared to praise him in any way

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reject	mark
4	reject	reject	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 flattery	det
6	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reject	obj
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 reject	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 punish	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 punish	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 punish	mark
11	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	conj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 courtier	det
13	courtier	courtier	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 punish	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 dared	nsubj
15	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 courtier	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 praise	mark
17	praise	praise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 dared	xcomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 praise	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 way	case
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 praise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	He				tree rules
2	reject	to-infinitive	He not said here	all flattery		forever property	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flattery=Theme
3	punish	to-infinitive	He not said here	every courtier			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courtier=Patient
4	dare	past	every courtier				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	praise	to-infinitive	every courtier not said here	him = he	any way		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He resolved to reject all flattery, unaware that he was himself mocked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reject	mark
4	reject	reject	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 flattery	det
6	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reject	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 unaware	punct
8	unaware	unaware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 resolved	parataxis
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 mocked	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mocked	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mocked	aux:pass
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 mocked	nsubj
13	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 unaware	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	resolve	past	He		tree rules
2	reject	to-infinitive	He not said here	all flattery	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flattery=Theme
3	mock	past · passive		he	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He resolved to ignore flattery, since he was sure no one would dare mock him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ignore	mark
4	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignore	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sure	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 sure	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sure	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sure	cop
10	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 resolved	conj
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dare	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 dare	aux
14	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 sure	ccomp
15	mock	mock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dare	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	He			tree rules
2	ignore	to-infinitive	He not said here	flattery		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flattery=Theme
3	is	past	he		sure property	tree rules
4	dare	would	no one			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	mock	infinitive	no one not said here	him = he		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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