Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…

Which of the following best characterises the temperament of the King of the Sheep, as described by the narrator?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: best · What happens: follow, characteris, describe · To what, where: temperament

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 characterises	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 characterises	nsubj
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 temperament	det
8	temperament	temperament	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 King	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 temperament	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Sheep	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sheep	det
14	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 King	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 described	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 described	mark
17	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 characterises	parataxis
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 narrator	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narrator	det
20	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 described	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the best	the temperament of the King of the Sheep		tree rules
3	describe	participle			by the narrator	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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 as grave as a judge

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	4 grave	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grave	cop
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 grave	advmod
4	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 judge	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 judge	det
7	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					as a judge; grave property	tree rules

Option 2

He was as gentle as a lamb but could be stern when he chose to be

The tree, 16 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	4 gentle	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gentle	cop
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 gentle	advmod
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 lamb	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lamb	det
7	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gentle	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 stern	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 stern	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 stern	cop
11	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentle	conj
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 chose	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 chose	nsubj
14	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stern	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 be	mark
16	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 chose	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	as a lamb; gentle property	tree rules
2	is	could	He not said here	stern property	tree rules
3	choose	past	lamb		tree rules
4	be	to-infinitive	lamb not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He was as proud as a soldier

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	4 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	cop
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 proud	advmod
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 soldier	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 soldier	det
7	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					as a soldier; proud property	tree rules

Option 4

He was as grave as a judge and never once laughed in front of the court

The tree, 16 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	4 grave	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grave	cop
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 grave	advmod
4	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 judge	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 judge	det
7	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grave	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 laughed	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 laughed	advmod
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 laughed	advmod
11	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grave	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 front	case
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 laughed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					as a judge; grave property	tree rules
2	not laugh	participle	He not said here					in front of the court; once property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme

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