Exam question 4 · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

What, according to the text, was the principal impediment preventing Michael from seeking the hand of the Princess Lina at this stage of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal impediment · What happens: accord, be, prevent, seek · To what, where: text, principal impediment, Michael, hand, stage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» 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=Rel	11 impediment	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 What	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 text	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 text	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 according	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 impediment	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 impediment	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 impediment	amod
11	impediment	impediment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	preventing	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 impediment	acl
13	Michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 preventing	obj
14	from	from	SCONJ	_	15 seeking	mark
15	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 preventing	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hand	det
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seeking	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 Lina	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Lina	det
20	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Lina	compound
21	Lina	Lina	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hand	nmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 stage	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 stage	det
24	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seeking	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 narrative	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 narrative	det
27	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 stage	nmod
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 impediment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				to the text goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal
2	is a	past		the principal impediment			tree rules
3	prevent	gerund	the principal impediment not said here	Michael			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer michael=Theme
4	seek	gerund	the principal impediment not said here	the hand of the Princess Lina	this stage of the narrative		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme at stage=Location

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

His fear of being ridiculed or dismissed from the castle on account of his presumption

The tree, 15 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 fear	nmod:poss
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ridiculed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 ridiculed	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 ridiculed	aux:pass
5	ridiculed	ridicule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 dismissed	cc
7	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ridiculed	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismissed	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 account	case
12	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismissed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 presumption	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 presumption	nmod:poss
15	presumption	presumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ridicule	gerund · passive		His fear			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dismiss	participle			the castle	on account of his presumption	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from castle=Source
3	fear		His = he				nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
4	account			his presumption			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	presume		his = he				nom presumption «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

His worry that the princess was already promised to another suitor

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 worry	nmod:poss
2	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 promised	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promised	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 promised	aux:pass
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 promised	advmod
8	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 worry	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 suitor	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 suitor	det
11	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past · passive	His worry not said here	the princess				to another suitor goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to suitor=Goal
2	worry		His = he						nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

His lack of a suitable title and the strict rules of the household

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 lack	nmod:poss
2	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 title	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 title	det
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 title	amod
6	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lack	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rules	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rules	det
9	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rules	amod
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 title	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 household	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack		His = he	a suitable title and the strict rules of the household					nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
2	rule		the household						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

His fear of being ridiculed or dismissed from the castle on account of his presumption, which he believed the princesses would never forgive

The tree, 23 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 fear	nmod:poss
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 forgive	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 ridiculed	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 ridiculed	aux:pass
5	ridiculed	ridicule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fear	acl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 dismissed	cc
7	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ridiculed	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismissed	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 account	case
12	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismissed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 presumption	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 presumption	nmod:poss
15	presumption	presumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 believed	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 believed	nsubj
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 believed	nsubj
19	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 presumption	acl:relcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 princesses	det
21	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 believed	obj
22	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 forgive	aux
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 forgive	advmod
24	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ridicule	gerund · passive		His fear not said here			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»
2	dismiss	participle			the castle	on account of fear's presumption	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from castle=Source
3	believe	past	fear's presumption	the princesses			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus
4	not forgive	would	His fear				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	fear		His = he				nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
6	account			fear's presumption			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
7	presume		fear				nom presumption «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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