Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the Queen's treatment of the transformed Prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: follow, be, transform, treat · To what, where: transformed Prince

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 description	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 description	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 description	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 description	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 description	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 description	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 description	amod
9	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 treatment	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 treatment	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Queen	case
14	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 description	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 Prince	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Prince	det
17	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 Prince	amod
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 treatment	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 description	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the accurate description; of the Queen's treatment of the transformed Prince	tree rules
3	transform	participle				vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	treat		the Queen	the transformed Prince		nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent 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

She ignored him and let the servants feed him freely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ignored	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servants	det
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feed	nsubj
8	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 let	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feed	iobj
10	freely	freely	ADV	_	8 feed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	She	him = he			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	let	infinitive	She not said here				tree rules
3	feed	present	the servants		him = he	freely property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She cared for him tenderly but restricted his diet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cared	nsubj
2	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cared	obl
5	tenderly	tenderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cared	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 restricted	cc
7	restricted	restrict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cared	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 diet	nmod:poss
9	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restricted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	She					for him = he; tenderly property	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
2	restrict	past	She not said here	his diet					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer diet=Patient

Option 3

She treated him kindly, let him sleep in her bed, and gave him sweets every day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 treated	nsubj
2	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 treated	obj
4	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	2 treated	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 treated	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bed	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleep	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gave	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gave	cc
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 treated	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gave	iobj
16	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gave	obj
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gave	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past	She		him = he			kindly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	let	infinitive	She not said here	him = he					tree rules
3	sleep	infinitive	him = he not said here			her bed			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location
4	give	past	She not said here	sweets	him = he		day		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sweet=Theme

Option 4

She despised him at first but later grew fond of him and fed him plenty of cakes

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 despised	nsubj
2	despised	despise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 despised	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 despised	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 grew	cc
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 grew	advmod
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 despised	conj
9	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fond	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fed	cc
13	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 despised	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fed	obj
15	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fed	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 cakes	case
17	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 plenty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	despise	past	She	him = he			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	grow	past	She not said here			fond, late property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	feed	past	She not said here	plenty of cakes	him = he		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient plenty=Theme

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