Exam question 2 · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

What is the principal consequence of the young King's sight of the portrait?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: young King · What happens: be, sight · To what, where: principal consequence, portrait

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 sight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 King	amod
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sight	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 King	case
11	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 portrait	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 portrait	det
14	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sight	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence				of the young King's sight of the portrait	tree rules
2	sight		the young King	the portrait					nom sight «cognition 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

He leaves the palace

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 leaves	nsubj
2	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	He	the palace					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He rides off to find the Princess at once

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 rides	nsubj
2	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rides	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rides	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	present	He						tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Princess					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent princess=Theme at once=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He collapses in a swoon and declares his lasting devotion

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 collapses	nsubj
2	collapses	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 swoon	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 swoon	det
5	swoon	swoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collapses	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 declares	cc
7	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 collapses	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 devotion	nmod:poss
9	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 devotion	amod
10	devotion	devotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declares	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	collapse	present	He		a swoon	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	declare speech: other	present	He not said here	his lasting devotion		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devotion=Attribute
3	devote		his = he			nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He is angered

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	3 angered	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angered	aux:pass
3	angered	anger	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anger	present · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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