Exam question 2 · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess object to the proposed measures against Michael?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ground, do, measure · To what, where: youngest Princess object

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 measures	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grounds	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
6	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 object	amod
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 object	compound
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 proposed	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 proposed	det
11	proposed	proposed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	against	against	ADP	_	14 Michael	case
14	Michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 measures	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 measures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ground	present			tree rules
2	do	past	the youngest Princess object	to the proposed	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Eventuality
3	measure	present		against Michael	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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 would expose the plot to the Duke at dawn

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 expose	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 expose	aux
3	expose	expose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plot	det
5	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expose	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Duke	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Duke	det
8	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 expose	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expose	would	She	the plot	the Duke		dawn		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent plot=Theme to duke=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She would object loudly

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 object	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 object	aux
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 object	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

She would alert the royal guard

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 alert	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 alert	aux
3	alert	alert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guard	det
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 guard	amod
6	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alert	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alert speech: other	would	She	the royal guard					vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She would reveal the secret of the holes in their shoes

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 reveal	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 reveal	aux
3	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 secret	det
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reveal	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 holes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 holes	det
8	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 secret	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 shoes	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shoes	nmod:poss
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reveal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	would	She	the secret of the holes		holes's shoes			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic

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