Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: t…

Which statement most accurately characterises the youngest son's attitude toward the mockery of his brothers?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement · What happens: characteris, mock · To what, where: attitude, brothers

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 son	det
7	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 son	amod
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attitude	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 son	case
10	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
11	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 mockery	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mockery	det
13	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 brothers	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 brothers	nmod:poss
16	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 mockery	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which statement	the youngest son's attitude				toward the mockery of statement's brothers; accurately property	tree rules
2	mock			statement's brothers					nom mockery «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

He remained entirely unperturbed by their derision and proceeded with his task, though he was secretly hurt.

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	4 unperturbed	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unperturbed	aux
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 unperturbed	advmod
4	unperturbed	unperturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 derision	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 derision	nmod:poss
7	derision	derision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unperturbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 proceeded	cc
9	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unperturbed	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 task	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 task	nmod:poss
12	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proceeded	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hurt	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 hurt	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hurt	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 hurt	aux:pass
17	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	18 hurt	advmod
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 proceeded	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unperturbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unperturb	past	He		by their derision; entirely property	tree rules
2	proceed	past	He not said here		with his task	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	past · passive		he	secretly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	deride		their = they			nom derision «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	task		his = he			nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He remained unperturbed by their derision and proceeded with his task.

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 unperturbed	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unperturbed	aux:pass
3	unperturbed	unperturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 derision	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 derision	nmod:poss
6	derision	derision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unperturbed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 proceeded	cc
8	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unperturbed	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 task	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 task	nmod:poss
11	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 proceeded	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unperturbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unperturb	past · passive	their derision	He		tree rules
2	proceed	past	their derision not said here		with his task	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	deride		their = they			nom derision «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	task		his = he			nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He shrugged off their jeers and continued with his watch.

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 shrugged	nsubj
2	shrugged	shrug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 shrugged	compound:prt
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 jeers	nmod:poss
5	jeers	jeer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shrugged	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 continued	cc
7	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrugged	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 watch	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 watch	nmod:poss
10	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 continued	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shrugged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shrug off	past	He	their jeers		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jeer=Patient
2	continue	past	He not said here		with his watch	vn continue-55.3 «NP.eventuality V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with watch=Subeventuality
3	jeer		their = they			nom jeer «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He was unbothered by their taunts and carried on with his duty.

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 unbothered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unbothered	aux:pass
3	unbothered	unbother	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 taunts	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 taunts	nmod:poss
6	taunts	taunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unbothered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carried	cc
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unbothered	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 carried	compound:prt
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 duty	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 duty	nmod:poss
12	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unbothered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unbother	past · passive	their taunts	He		tree rules
2	carry on	past	their taunts not said here		with his duty	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	taunt		their = they			nom taunt «act transitive»: poss=agent

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