Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

Describe the chief sentiment expressed by the King of the Sheep towards the Princess throughout this passage.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, express · To what, where: chief sentiment

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sentiment	det
3	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sentiment	amod
4	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
5	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sentiment	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 expressed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Sheep	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sheep	det
11	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expressed	obl
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 Princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the chief sentiment			throughout this passage	towards the Princess	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sentiment=Theme
2	express	participle		the chief sentiment not said here				by the King; of the Sheep	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of sheep=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

Profound and devoted affection, expressed with tender gratitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Profound	profound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 affection	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 devoted	cc
3	devoted	devoted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Profound	conj
4	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 expressed	punct
6	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 affection	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 gratitude	case
8	tender	tender	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gratitude	compound
9	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		Profound affection not said here				with tender gratitude	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Fierce jealousy, expressed with cold anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 jealousy	amod
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 expressed	punct
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 jealousy	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 anger	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 anger	amod
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		Fierce jealousy not said here				with cold anger	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Quiet suspicion, hidden behind polite words and cold stares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 suspicion	amod
2	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hidden	punct
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 suspicion	acl
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 words	amod
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hidden	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stares	cc
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stares	amod
10	stares	stare	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 words	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		Quiet suspicion not said here		polite words and cold stares			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind word=Location

Option 4

Mild concern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 concern	amod
2	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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