Exam question 1 · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p…

To what extent did the Queen's indulgence contribute to the Princess's vanity, as evidenced by the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: indulgence · What happens: contribute, evidence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 contribute	obl
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 contribute	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 indulgence	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Queen	case
8	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contribute	nsubj
9	contribute	contribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 vanity	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 vanity	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Princess	case
14	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contribute	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 evidenced	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 evidenced	mark
17	evidenced	evidence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 contribute	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 text	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 text	det
20	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 evidenced	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 contribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contribute	past · do-support	the Queen's indulgence					to the Princess's vanity	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient
2	evidence	participle	the Queen's indulgence not said here					by the text	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 indulgence was partial, because the Queen's gifts were modest and her daughter was rarely flattered at court.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indulgence	det
2	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 partial	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 partial	cop
4	partial	partial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 modest	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 modest	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 gifts	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 modest	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 modest	cop
12	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 partial	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 flattered	cc
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flattered	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 flattered	aux:pass
17	rarely	rarely	ADV	_	18 flattered	advmod
18	flattered	flatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 modest	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 court	case
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flattered	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 partial	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the indulgence			partial property	tree rules
2	is	past	the Queen's gifts			modest property	tree rules
3	flatter	past · passive		her daughter	court	rarely property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
4	gift		the Queen				nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The indulgence was decisive, since the Queen's caresses and flatteries persuaded her daughter that nothing was too good for her, and her ladies repeated the praise every single day at court.

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indulgence	det
2	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decisive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	cop
4	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 persuaded	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 persuaded	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 caresses	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	caresses	caress	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 persuaded	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flatteries	cc
12	flatteries	flattery	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caresses	conj
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	parataxis
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 good	nsubj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 good	nsubj
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 good	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 good	cop
19	too	too	ADV	_	20 good	advmod
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 persuaded	ccomp
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 good	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 repeated	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 repeated	cc
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 ladies	nmod:poss
26	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 repeated	nsubj
27	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 persuaded	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 praise	det
29	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 repeated	obj
30	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	32 day	det
31	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 day	amod
32	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 repeated	obl:unmarked
33	at	at	ADP	_	34 court	case
34	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 day	nmod
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decisive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the indulgence			decisive property	tree rules
2	persuade	past	the Queen's caresses and flatteries				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	her daughter			for her = she; good property	tree rules
4	repeat	past	her ladies	the praise	day		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Eventuality
5	caress		the Queen				nom caress «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The indulgence was decisive, since the Queen's caresses and flatteries persuaded her daughter that nothing was too good for her, and the whole court echoed the same praise in every feast and procession.

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indulgence	det
2	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decisive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	cop
4	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 persuaded	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 persuaded	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 caresses	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	caresses	caress	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 persuaded	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flatteries	cc
12	flatteries	flattery	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caresses	conj
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 good	nsubj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 good	nsubj
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 good	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 good	cop
19	too	too	ADV	_	20 good	advmod
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 persuaded	ccomp
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 good	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 echoed	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 echoed	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 court	det
26	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 court	amod
27	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 echoed	nsubj
28	echoed	echo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	conj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 praise	det
30	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 praise	amod
31	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 echoed	obj
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 feast	case
33	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	34 feast	det
34	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 echoed	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 procession	cc
36	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 feast	conj
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decisive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the indulgence			decisive property	tree rules
2	persuade	past	the Queen's caresses and flatteries				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	her daughter			for her = she; good property	tree rules
4	echo	past	the whole court	the same praise	every feast and procession		vn sound_existence-47.4 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location praise=Theme
5	caress		the Queen				nom caress «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The indulgence was decisive, since the Queen's caresses and flatteries persuaded her daughter that nothing was too good for her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indulgence	det
2	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decisive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	cop
4	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 persuaded	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 persuaded	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 caresses	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	caresses	caress	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 persuaded	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flatteries	cc
12	flatteries	flattery	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caresses	conj
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decisive	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 persuaded	obj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 good	nsubj
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 good	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 good	cop
19	too	too	ADV	_	20 good	advmod
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 daughter	acl:relcl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 persuaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the indulgence		decisive property	tree rules
2	persuade	past	the Queen's caresses and flatteries	her daughter	for her = she	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
3	is	past	her daughter		good property	tree rules
4	caress		the Queen			nom caress «act transitive»: poss=agent

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