Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen ros…

Which of the following best characterises the Beast's manner in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: best · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: manner, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» 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	6 characterises	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 characterises	nsubj
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Beast	det
8	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 manner	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Beast	case
10	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the best	the Beast's manner		the passage			tree rules

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

Furious at first, then willing to show mercy on a condition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 first	case
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Furious	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 willing	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 willing	advmod
6	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Furious	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 willing	xcomp
9	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 condition	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 condition	det
12	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		mercy		a condition			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mercy=Recipient

Option 2

Angry, then fully forgiving the merchant freely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 forgiving	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 forgiving	advmod
4	fully	fully	ADV	_	5 forgiving	advmod
5	forgiving	forgive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Angry	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgiving	obj
8	freely	freely	ADV	_	5 forgiving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	gerund		the merchant			then	freely, fully property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme

Option 3

Gentle and polite at first, then furious when the rose is taken, and finally willing to forgive in exchange for a daughter's sacrifice

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	Gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 polite	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 polite	cc
3	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 polite	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 furious	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 furious	advmod
8	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 polite	conj
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 taken	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rose	det
11	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 taken	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 taken	aux:pass
13	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 furious	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 willing	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 willing	cc
16	finally	finally	ADV	_	17 willing	advmod
17	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 polite	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 forgive	mark
19	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 willing	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 exchange	case
21	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 forgive	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	26 sacrifice	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 daughter	det
24	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sacrifice	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 daughter	case
26	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 forgive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		the rose			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	forgive	to-infinitive			exchange	for a daughter's sacrifice	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for sacrifice=Attribute
3	sacrifice		a daughter				nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Gentle at first, then growing violent and cruel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	gentle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 first	case
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Gentle	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 growing	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 growing	advmod
6	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Gentle	conj
7	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 growing	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cruel	cc
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 violent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund					then	violent property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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