Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides und…

Why did the youngest princess refuse to speak further with the servant regarding the branch found in her bouquet?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, speak, regard, find · To what, where: youngest princess refuse, branch, bouquet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1505 «Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides under a bed, follows the princesses to a magic ball, and Lina catches on» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 refuse	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 refuse	amod
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refuse	compound
6	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 speak	mark
8	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refuse	acl
9	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 speak	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 servant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 servant	det
12	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 further	obl
13	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 branch	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 branch	det
15	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 servant	nmod
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 branch	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 bouquet	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 bouquet	nmod:poss
19	bouquet	bouquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	the youngest princess refuse			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuse=Eventuality
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	the youngest princess refuse not said here		far property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	find	participle	the branch not said here	her bouquet		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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

She thought the branch was a trick played by her elder sisters at the ball

The tree, 15 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 branch	det
4	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 trick	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trick	det
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
8	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 trick	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 sisters	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sisters	nmod:poss
11	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sisters	compound
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 played	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 ball	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ball	det
15	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the branch	a trick			tree rules
3	play	participle		a trick not said here	the ball	by her elder sisters	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She was angry at him

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	3 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					at him = he; angry property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She was busy preparing the feast for the dance that evening with her maids

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	3 busy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	cop
3	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	preparing	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 busy	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feast	det
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preparing	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 dance	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dance	det
9	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preparing	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 evening	det
11	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dance	obl:unmarked
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 maids	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 maids	nmod:poss
14	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preparing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					busy property	tree rules
2	prepare	gerund	She not said here	the feast				for the dance; with her maids	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent feast=Patient with maid=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was disdainful after her sisters had mocked her for conversing with him

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	3 disdainful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disdainful	cop
3	disdainful	disdainful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 mocked	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sisters	nmod:poss
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mocked	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mocked	aux
8	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 disdainful	advcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mocked	obj
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 conversing	mark
11	conversing	converse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 mocked	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 conversing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		disdainful property	tree rules
2	mock	past · perfect · passive		her sisters		tree rules
3	converse speech: other	gerund			with him = he	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent

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