Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

In what manner did the King first respond upon hearing Charming's voice from the tower?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King first respond · What happens: do, hear · To what, where: King first respond, manner, voice, tower

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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	8 respond	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 respond	compound
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 respond	amod
8	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 hearing	mark
10	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 respond	acl
11	Charming	Charming	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 voice	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Charming	case
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearing	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 tower	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tower	det
16	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearing	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the King first respond		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	hear	gerund	the King first respond not said here	Charming's voice		the tower			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent voice=Topic from tower=Source

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

He opened a window and waved down

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waved	cc
6	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 opened	conj
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 waved	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	a window					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme
2	wave down	participle	He not said here						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He opened the door and summoned Charming forth

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 summoned	cc
6	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
7	Charming	Charming	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 summoned	obj
8	forth	forth	ADV	_	6 summoned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	summon	past	He not said here		Charming			forth property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charming=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He unlocked the door and called him

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 unlocked	nsubj
2	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unlocked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 called	cc
6	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 unlocked	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	past	He	the door					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	call	past	He not said here		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

He fled the room

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 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	He	the room					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Initial_Location

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