Exam question 4 · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the King received the second princess's explanation of her blue dress?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, King, blue dress · What happens: describe, receive, explain · To what, where: manner, explanation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 received	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 received	nsubj
11	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princess	det
13	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 princess	amod
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 explanation	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 princess	case
16	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 received	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 dress	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 dress	nmod:poss
19	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 dress	amod
20	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 explanation	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	receive	past	the King	the second princess's explanation of statement's blue dress	the manner		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme in which=Location
3	explain		statement's blue dress				nom explanation «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was satisfied and questioned the remaining princesses concerning their own choices

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	3 satisfied	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 satisfied	cop
3	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 questioned	cc
5	questioned	question	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 satisfied	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princesses	det
7	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 princesses	amod
8	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 questioned	obj
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 princesses	acl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 choices	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 choices	amod
12	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			satisfied property	tree rules
2	question speech: other	past	He not said here		the remaining princesses		vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient
3	concern	gerund	the remaining princesses not said here	princesses's own choices			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus choice=Experiencer

Option 2

He was satisfied with the answer but then asked each of the princesses at length why they had chosen their gowns, and the court listened closely

The tree, 26 words

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	3 satisfied	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 satisfied	cop
3	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 answer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 satisfied	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 asked	advmod
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 satisfied	conj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 asked	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 princesses	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princesses	det
13	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 each	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 length	case
15	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 princesses	nmod
16	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	19 chosen	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 chosen	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 chosen	aux
19	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 length	acl:relcl
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 gowns	nmod:poss
21	gowns	gown	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 chosen	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 listened	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 listened	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 court	det
25	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 listened	nsubj
26	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 satisfied	parataxis
27	closely	closely	ADV	_	26 listened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			with the answer; satisfied property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here	each	then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient
3	choose	past · perfect	princesses = princess	princesses's gowns			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Theme
4	listen	past	the court			closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He laughed loudly and then ordered the princesses to change their gowns before dinner

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 laughed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ordered	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ordered	advmod
6	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princesses	det
8	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ordered	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 change	mark
10	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ordered	xcomp
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 gowns	nmod:poss
12	gowns	gown	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 change	obj
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 dinner	case
14	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He				loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	order	past	He not said here		the princesses	then		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient clause=Topic
3	change not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	princesses's gowns		before dinner		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Patient

Option 4

He was pleased, praised her wisdom greatly, and then asked the other princesses to explain the colours they had chosen for their gowns that day

The tree, 25 words

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	3 pleased	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pleased	cop
3	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 praised	punct
5	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pleased	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wisdom	nmod:poss
7	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 praised	obj
8	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	5 praised	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 asked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 asked	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 asked	advmod
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pleased	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princesses	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 princesses	amod
15	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 asked	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 explain	mark
17	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 asked	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 colours	det
19	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 explain	obj
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 chosen	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 chosen	aux
22	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 colours	acl:relcl
23	for	for	ADP	_	25 gowns	case
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 gowns	nmod:poss
25	gowns	gown	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 chosen	obl
26	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 day	det
27	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 explain	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He				pleased property	tree rules
2	praise	past	He not said here	her wisdom			greatly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here		the other princesses	then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient clause=Topic
4	explain speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the colours		day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Topic
5	choose	past · perfect	colours = colour	the colours not said here			for colours's gowns	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for gown=Beneficiary

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