Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

Which action of Charming's directly preceded his imprisonment in the great tower?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Charming · What happens: proceed, act, imprison · To what, where: imprisonment, great tower

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 preceded	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Charming	case
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Charming	case
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	7 preceded	advmod
7	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 imprisonment	nmod:poss
9	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 preceded	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 tower	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tower	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tower	amod
13	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 preceded	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 preceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	which action of Charming	action's imprisonment	the great tower	directly property	tree rules
2	act		Charming				nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	imprison		action				nom imprisonment «act 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

His refusal to bow before the King and his boastful remark about the Princess returning with him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bow	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bow	mark
4	bow	bow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 King	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bow	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 remark	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 remark	nmod:poss
10	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remark	amod
11	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 King	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 Princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remark	nmod
15	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 Princess	acl
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	bow	to-infinitive	His refusal	before the King and refusal's boastful remark about the Princess		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before king=Location
2	return	gerund	the Princess not said here		with refusal	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	refuse		His = he			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	remark		refusal		about the Princess	nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 2

His bold claim about winning the Princess back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 claim	nmod:poss
2	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 claim	amod
3	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 winning	mark
5	winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 claim	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 winning	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 winning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win back	gerund	His bold claim not said here	the Princess					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality
2	claim		His = he						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

His boastful remark about the Princess returning with him, made loudly in the square before the whole court

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 remark	nmod:poss
2	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remark	amod
3	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 Princess	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remark	nmod
7	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 Princess	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 returning	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 remark	punct
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	11 made	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 square	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 square	det
15	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl
16	before	before	ADP	_	19 court	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 court	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 court	amod
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the Princess not said here			with remark	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past	His boastful remark about the Princess	the square	before the whole court	loudly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	remark		His = he			about the Princess	nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His boastful remark about the Princess returning with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 remark	nmod:poss
2	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remark	amod
3	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 Princess	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remark	nmod
7	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 remark	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	His boastful remark about the Princess not said here					with him = he	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remark		His = he					about the Princess	nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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