Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Char…

In what manner does the Princess demonstrate her change of disposition towards Charming at the close of this section?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess, disposition · What happens: demonstrate, change · To what, where: change, manner

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1461 «Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Charming fetches the water, is jailed, and becomes king» 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	7 demonstrate	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 demonstrate	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 demonstrate	nsubj
7	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 change	nmod:poss
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 demonstrate	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 disposition	case
11	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	nmod
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 Charming	case
13	Charming	Charming	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 demonstrate	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 close	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 close	det
16	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 demonstrate	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 section	case
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 section	det
19	section	section	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 close	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 demonstrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present · do-support	the Princess	Princess's change of disposition		what manner		towards Charming; at the close of this section	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot change=Topic
2	change		disposition						nom change «event intransitive»: of=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

She sends a messenger to the owl, asking her to return to the palace and be thanked.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 messenger	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 owl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owl	det
7	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asking	punct
9	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sends	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asking	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 return	mark
12	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asking	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 thanked	cc
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 thanked	aux:pass
18	thanked	thank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 return	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	present	She	a messenger		the owl		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to owl=Destination
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	She not said here		her = she			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here				to the palace result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result
4	thank speech: thank	infinitive · passive	She not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She frees him from his chains, places a golden crown upon his head, and declares her intention to marry him.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 frees	nsubj
2	frees	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 frees	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 chains	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chains	nmod:poss
6	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 frees	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 places	punct
8	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chains	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crown	det
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 crown	amod
11	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 places	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 head	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 head	nmod:poss
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crown	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 declares	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 declares	cc
17	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 frees	conj
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 intention	nmod:poss
19	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 declares	obj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 marry	mark
21	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 declares	advcl
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 marry	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 frees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	free	present	She	him = he	his chains and places	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source
2	declare speech: other	present	She not said here	her intention		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Attribute
3	marry	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	intend		her = she			nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She sends him away in shame.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 sends	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 shame	case
6	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	present	She	him = he		shame		away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

She takes the flask back and locks the tower door against all visitors from the court.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flask	det
4	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 takes	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 locks	cc
7	locks	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 locks	obj
11	against	against	ADP	_	13 visitors	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 visitors	det
13	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 locks	obl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visitors	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take back	present	She	the flask					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Theme
2	lock	present	She not said here	the tower door				against all visitors from the court	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

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