Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…
What is the principal reason the Fairy gives for the Prince's punishment?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fairy, Prince · What happens: be, give, punish · To what, where: principal reason
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Fairy | det |
| 7 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | nsubj |
| 8 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 punishment | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Prince | det |
| 11 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 punishment | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Prince | case |
| 13 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | present | the Fairy | the principal reason not said here | for the Prince's punishment | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for punishment=Asset | |||
| 3 | punish | the Prince | nom punishment «act transitive»: 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
His cruelty to the servants and courtiers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cruelty | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cruelty | cruelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 servants | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 servants | det |
| 5 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cruelty | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 courtiers | cc |
| 7 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 servants | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
His ugly face, his lies to the people, and his constant anger at the Fairy's words
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 face | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ugly | ugly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 face | amod |
| 3 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lies | punct |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lies | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 face | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lies | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 anger | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 anger | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 anger | nmod:poss |
| 13 | constant | constant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 anger | amod |
| 14 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 face | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 words | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Fairy | det |
| 17 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 words | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Fairy | case |
| 19 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 anger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | his = he | to the people | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl | |||||
| 2 | anger | his = he | the Fairy's words | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place | |||||
| 3 | word | the Fairy | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His pride and his refusal to follow her counsel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 pride | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 refusal | cc |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 refusal | nmod:poss |
| 5 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pride | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 follow | mark |
| 7 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 refusal | acl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 9 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 follow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | to-infinitive | her counsel | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pride | His = he | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 3 | refuse | his = he | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
His pride, his cruelty to his servants, and his refusal to listen to anyone's advice
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 pride | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cruelty | punct |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cruelty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cruelty | cruelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pride | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 servants | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 servants | nmod:poss |
| 8 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cruelty | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 refusal | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 refusal | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 refusal | nmod:poss |
| 12 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pride | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 listen | mark |
| 14 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 refusal | acl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 advice | case |
| 16 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 advice | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 anyone | case |
| 18 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | to-infinitive | to anyone's advice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to advice=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pride | His = he | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 3 | refuse | his = he | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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