Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…
In what manner does the Prince respond to the words of his former tutor Suliman?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, word · To what, where: Prince respond, manner, former tutor
This is exam question 3 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obl |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 respond | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 respond | compound |
| 7 | respond | respond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 words | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 words | det |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 does | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 tutor | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 tutor | nmod:poss |
| 13 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 tutor | amod |
| 14 | tutor | tutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 words | nmod |
| 15 | Suliman | Suliman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 tutor | appos |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the Prince respond | what manner | to the words of his former tutor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | word | his former tutor | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
With sincere remorse and a softening of his anger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 remorse | case |
| 2 | sincere | sincere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 remorse | amod |
| 3 | remorse | remorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 softening | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 softening | det |
| 6 | softening | softening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 remorse | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 anger | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 anger | nmod:poss |
| 9 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 softening | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soften | his anger | nom softening «process transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | anger | his = he | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
With bitter pride and a proud refusal to listen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 pride | case |
| 2 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pride | amod |
| 3 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 refusal | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 refusal | det |
| 6 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 refusal | amod |
| 7 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pride | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 listen | mark |
| 9 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 refusal | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | to-infinitive | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He sneers at the old man's 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 sneers | nsubj |
| 2 | sneers | sneer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 words | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 words | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 man | case |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sneers | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneer | present | He | the old man's words | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | word | the old man | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
He breaks down in tears and begs Suliman to forgive him for everything he did
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 breaks | nsubj |
| 2 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 breaks | compound:prt |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 tears | case |
| 5 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 breaks | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 begs | cc |
| 7 | begs | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 breaks | conj |
| 8 | Suliman | Suliman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 begs | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 forgive | mark |
| 10 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 begs | xcomp |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 forgive | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 everything | case |
| 13 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 forgive | obl |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 did | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 everything | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break down | present | He | tears | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | present | He not said here | Suliman | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent suliman=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | forgive not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | Suliman | for everything | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for everything=Attribute | |||
| 4 | do | past | Suliman | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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