Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

Which of the following best describes the reason the King of the Sheep consented to the Princess's second departure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sheep, Princess · What happens: follow, describe, consent, depart · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» 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 describes	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 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 reason	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Sheep	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sheep	det
13	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 consented	nsubj
14	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	20 departure	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Princess	det
17	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 departure	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Princess	case
19	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 departure	amod
20	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consented	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason	of the best	tree rules
3	consent	past	the Sheep	the reason not said here	to the Princess's second departure	tree rules
4	depart		the Princess			nom departure «act intransitive»: 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

He consented out of pride, although he dreaded that some harm would befall his kingdom

The tree, 15 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	2 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 pride	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 pride	case
5	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consented	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dreaded	punct
7	although	although	SCONJ	_	9 dreaded	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dreaded	nsubj
9	dreaded	dread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consented	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 befall	mark
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 harm	det
12	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 befall	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 befall	aux
14	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 dreaded	ccomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 kingdom	nmod:poss
16	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 befall	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	consent	past	He		pride	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dread	past	he			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	befall	would	some harm	harm's kingdom		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He consented out of love, although he feared some misfortune would follow

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 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 love	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 love	case
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consented	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feared	punct
7	although	although	SCONJ	_	9 feared	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feared	nsubj
9	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consented	conj
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 misfortune	det
11	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 follow	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 follow	aux
13	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 feared	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	consent	past	He	love	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fear	past	he		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	follow	would	some misfortune		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He consented out of love, although he feared some misfortune would follow, and he hoped she would soon return to the fountain

The tree, 22 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	2 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 love	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 love	case
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consented	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feared	punct
7	although	although	SCONJ	_	9 feared	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feared	nsubj
9	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consented	conj
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 misfortune	det
11	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 follow	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 follow	aux
13	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 feared	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hoped	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hoped	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hoped	nsubj
17	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consented	conj
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 return	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 return	aux
20	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 return	advmod
21	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 hoped	ccomp
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 fountain	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 fountain	det
24	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	consent	past	He	love		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fear	past	he			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	follow	would	some misfortune			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hope	past	misfortune			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	return	would	she		to the fountain result; soon property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to fountain=Result

Option 4

He consented out of love for the Princess and her father, though he feared some misfortune would follow them both across the seas and the hills of the kingdom

The tree, 29 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	2 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 love	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 love	case
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consented	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 Princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princess	det
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 consented	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 father	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Princess	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 feared	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 feared	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 feared	nsubj
15	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consented	conj
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 misfortune	det
17	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 follow	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 follow	aux
19	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 feared	ccomp
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 follow	obj
21	both	both	ADV	_	19 follow	advmod
22	across	across	ADP	_	24 seas	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 seas	det
24	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 follow	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 hills	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hills	det
27	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 seas	conj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 kingdom	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 kingdom	det
30	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 hills	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	consent	past	He		love	for the Princess and her father	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fear	past	he				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	follow	would	some misfortune	Princess	the seas and the hills of the kingdom	both property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme across sea=Trajectory

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