Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wed…

Which phrase best characterises the King's conduct when confronted by the Fairy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, King · What happens: characteris, confront, conduct · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1423 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 characterises	advmod
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 confronted	advmod
10	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 characterises	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Fairy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Fairy	det
13	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confronted	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which phrase	the King's conduct	well property	tree rules
2	confront	participle	which phrase not said here		by the Fairy	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	conduct		the King			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 right answer

Brave and defiant, threatening her with his sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 threatening	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 defiant	cc
3	defiant	defiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Brave	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 threatening	punct
5	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threatening	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 sword	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sword	nmod:poss
9	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threatening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	gerund		her = she				with his sword	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 2

Brave, defiant, and refusing to bow to her even when hurt badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 defiant	punct
3	defiant	defiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Brave	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 refusing	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 refusing	cc
6	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Brave	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bow	mark
8	bow	bow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refusing	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bow	obj
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 hurt	advmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 hurt	advmod
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 her	advcl
14	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	gerund			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not bow	to-infinitive	her = she		vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Topic
3	hurt	participle		badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Calm and wise, offering her a seat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 offering	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wise	cc
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Calm	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 offering	punct
5	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 offering	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seat	det
8	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund		a seat	her = she				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal seat=Theme

Option 4

Frightened but quietly polite about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 polite	cc
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 polite	advmod
4	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Frightened	conj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 polite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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