Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the s…

In what manner did the sisters respond to Cinderella's transformation when they recognised her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sisters, Cinderella · What happens: do, respond, recognise, transform · To what, where: manner, Cinderella

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1430 «Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the sisters forgiven» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sisters	det
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respond	nsubj
7	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 transformation	case
9	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 transformation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Cinderella	case
11	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 recognised	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 recognised	nsubj
14	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 respond	advcl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 recognised	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	respond speech: other	present	the sisters			to Cinderella's transformation	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to transformation=Theme
3	recognise	past	sisters = sister	Cinderella			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
4	transform		Cinderella				nom transformation «event 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

They threw themselves at her feet and begged her pardon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 threw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feet	nmod:poss
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 begged	cc
8	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pardon	nmod:poss
10	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	throw	past	They	themselves = they	her feet	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme at foot=Destination
2	beg speech: request	past	They not said here	her pardon		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
3	pardon		her = she			nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They shouted at her and demanded she return their clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 return	cc
6	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 return	aux
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 return	nsubj
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shouted	conj
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 clothes	nmod:poss
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	They					at her = she	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	return	past	she	their clothes					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme

Option 3

They bowed and left quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 left	cc
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	They						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	past	They not said here					quietly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They stared in shock and tried to hide their faces from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stared	nsubj
2	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 shock	case
4	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stared	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tried	cc
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stared	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hide	mark
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 faces	nmod:poss
10	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hide	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stare	past	They		in shock	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in shock=Theme
2	try	past	They not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	their faces		tree rules

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