Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Prince's conduct at the moment of his rage against Celia?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following, his · What happens: follow, be, regard, rage · To what, where: statements, Prince · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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	12 conduct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	12 conduct	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 conduct	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 correct	csubj
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 correct	cop
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conduct	amod
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 conduct	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 regarding	obj
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Prince	case
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 moment	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 moment	det
15	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conduct	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 rage	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 rage	nmod:poss
18	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 moment	nmod
19	against	against	ADP	_	20 Celia	case
20	Celia	Celia	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 rage	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		statements		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	be speech: disagree	present	following		correct property	tree rules
3	regard	gerund		the Prince		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme
4	rage		his = he		against Celia	nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent against=obl

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 kept his promise to be good, but still resolved to force her to agree to marry him at once.

The tree, 20 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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 promise	nmod:poss
4	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 good	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 good	cop
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 promise	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 resolved	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 resolved	cc
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 resolved	advmod
11	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kept	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 force	mark
13	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 resolved	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 force	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 agree	mark
16	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 force	xcomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 marry	mark
18	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 agree	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 marry	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 marry	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	his promise			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	He not said here	his promise not said here		good property	tree rules
3	resolve	participle	He not said here		still		tree rules
4	force	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
5	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	her = she not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	him = he			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
7	promise		his = he				nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He decided to be kind to her after all.

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 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 kind	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kind	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 decided	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kind	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 kind	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 decided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive			her = she		after all	kind property	tree rules

Option 3

He dropped his vow to behave well and chose to terrify her into accepting his proposal of marriage.

The tree, 18 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 vow	nmod:poss
4	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 behave	mark
6	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dropped	advcl
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 behave	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chose	cc
9	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 terrify	mark
11	terrify	terrify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 chose	xcomp
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 terrify	obj
13	into	into	SCONJ	_	14 accepting	mark
14	accepting	accept	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 terrify	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 proposal	nmod:poss
16	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 accepting	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 marriage	case
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 proposal	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	his vow		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme
2	behave	to-infinitive	He not said here		well property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	choose	past	He not said here			tree rules
4	terrify	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
5	accept	gerund	He not said here	his proposal of marriage		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme
6	vow		his = he			nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent
7	propose		marriage			nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He abandoned his resolution to be good and resolved to frighten her into consenting to marry him.

The tree, 17 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 abandoned	nsubj
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 resolution	nmod:poss
4	resolution	resolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandoned	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 good	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 good	cop
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 abandoned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 resolved	cc
9	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 good	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 frighten	mark
11	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 resolved	xcomp
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 frighten	obj
13	into	into	SCONJ	_	14 consenting	mark
14	consenting	consent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 frighten	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 marry	mark
16	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 consenting	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 marry	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 abandoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	He	his resolution		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme resolution=Source
2	is	to-infinitive			good property	tree rules
3	resolve	participle				tree rules
4	frighten	to-infinitive		her = she		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
5	consent	gerund				vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	marry	to-infinitive		him = he		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
7	resolve		his = he			nom resolution «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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