Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

State the manner in which the stepmother's daughters regarded the invitation to the royal ball.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, daughters · What happens: state, regard · To what, where: manner, invitation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 regarded	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stepmother	det
7	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 daughters	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 stepmother	case
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 regarded	nsubj
10	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 invitation	det
12	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regarded	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 ball	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ball	det
15	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ball	amod
16	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regarded	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	regard	past	the stepmother's daughters	the invitation		the manner		to the royal ball	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to ball=be'

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 · ✓ the right answer

With great delight and eager preparation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 delight	case
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 delight	amod
3	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 preparation	cc
5	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 preparation	amod
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delight	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

With great delight, and such eager preparation that they talked of nothing else for weeks

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 delight	case
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 delight	amod
3	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 preparation	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 preparation	cc
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 preparation	amod
7	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 preparation	amod
8	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delight	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 talked	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 talked	nsubj
11	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 preparation	advcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 nothing	case
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 talked	obl
14	else	else	ADV	_	13 nothing	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 weeks	case
16	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 talked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	delight				week	of nothing	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

With great delight and eager preparation, spending every day on gowns and hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 delight	case
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 delight	amod
3	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spending	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 preparation	cc
5	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 preparation	amod
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delight	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 delight	punct
8	spending	spend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spending	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 gowns	case
12	gowns	gown	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spending	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hair	cc
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gowns	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	gerund					day	on gowns and hair goal; with great delight and eager preparation	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on gown=Goal

Option 4

With great delight and no preparation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 delight	case
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 delight	amod
3	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 preparation	cc
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 preparation	det
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delight	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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