Exam question 2 · Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the e…

State the manner in which the Beast addressed the merchant upon his entrance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Beast · What happens: state, address · To what, where: manner, merchant

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» 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	8 addressed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Beast	det
7	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 addressed	nsubj
8	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 State	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 addressed	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 entrance	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 entrance	nmod:poss
13	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 addressed	obl
14	.	.	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	address	past	the Beast	the merchant				upon Beast's entrance	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Destination

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

He said "Good-evening, old man"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 evening	punct
4	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 evening	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Good	punct
6	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 man	punct
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 evening	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 evening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Calmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	_	root	root

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

Option 3

He whispered a quiet greeting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whispered	nsubj
2	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 greeting	amod
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	He	a quiet greeting					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Topic

Option 4

He shouted at the merchant loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 merchant	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He			the merchant		loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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