Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies…

Which of the following best describes the reason for the Princess's decision to marry Fanfaronade?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: follow, describe, marry, decide · To what, where: reason, Fanfaronade

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1507 «Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies Fanfaronade through a peep-hole and falls for him» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	13 decision	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 decision	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Princess	case
13	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 marry	mark
15	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 decision	acl
16	Fanfaronade	Fanfaronade	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 marry	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason	of the best; for the Princess's decision	tree rules
3	marry	to-infinitive		Fanfaronade		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fanfaronade=Patient
4	decide		the Princess			nom decision «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was dazzled by his appearance when she viewed the procession through the peep-hole

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	3 dazzled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	aux:pass
3	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 appearance	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 appearance	nmod:poss
6	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dazzled	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 viewed	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 viewed	nsubj
9	viewed	view	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 procession	det
11	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 viewed	obj
12	through	through	ADP	_	16 hole	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hole	det
14	peep	peep	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hole	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 peep	punct
16	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 viewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dazzle	past · passive	his appearance	She					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	view	past	she	the procession		the peep hole			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer procession=Stimulus

Option 2

She had been warned by her nurse about the perils of the outside world, yet she chose to wed him once she glimpsed his procession through a tiny opening in the tower wall

The tree, 33 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	4 warned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 warned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 warned	aux:pass
4	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 nurse	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nurse	nmod:poss
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warned	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 perils	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 perils	det
10	perils	peril	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nurse	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
13	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 world	amod
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perils	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 chose	punct
16	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	18 chose	cc
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 chose	nsubj
18	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 warned	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 wed	mark
20	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 chose	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wed	obj
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 glimpsed	advmod
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 glimpsed	nsubj
24	glimpsed	glimpse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 chose	advcl
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 procession	nmod:poss
26	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 glimpsed	obj
27	through	through	ADP	_	30 opening	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 opening	det
29	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 opening	amod
30	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 glimpsed	obl
31	in	in	ADP	_	34 wall	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 wall	det
33	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 wall	compound
34	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 glimpsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · perfect · passive	her nurse about the perils of the outside world	She			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	choose	past	she				tree rules
3	wed	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	glimpse	past	she	his procession	a tiny opening	in the tower wall; once property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer procession=Stimulus
5	peril			the outside world			nom peril «state transitive»: of=patient
6	proceed		his = he				nom procession «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She was moved by his grand speech when the ambassador's procession passed the gate

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	3 moved	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux:pass
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 speech	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 speech	nmod:poss
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speech	amod
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 passed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ambassador	det
10	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 procession	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 ambassador	case
12	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passed	nsubj
13	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	move	past · passive	his grand speech	She	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result
2	pass	past	the ambassador's procession	the gate	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Trajectory
3	speak		his = he		nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	proceed		the ambassador		nom procession «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She was tempted by the rich gifts he had sent ahead, which she viewed from the tower window with delight and wonder at his splendour

The tree, 25 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	3 tempted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tempted	aux:pass
3	tempted	tempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 gifts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gifts	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gifts	amod
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tempted	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sent	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sent	aux
10	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 gifts	acl:relcl
11	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	10 sent	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 viewed	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 viewed	nsubj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 viewed	nsubj
15	viewed	view	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gifts	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 window	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 window	det
18	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 window	compound
19	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 viewed	obl
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 delight	case
21	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 window	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wonder	cc
23	wonder	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tempted	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	26 splendour	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 splendour	nmod:poss
26	splendour	splendour	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wonder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tempt	past · passive	the rich gifts	She			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	send	past · perfect	he	the rich gifts not said here		ahead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
3	view	past	the rich gifts		the tower window with delight		vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	wonder speech: ask	present	the rich gifts not said here		his splendour		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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