Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfarona…

By what means did the Princess ultimately evade Fanfaronade's pursuit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess, Fanfaronade · What happens: mean, evade, pursue · To what, where: pursuit

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1509 «Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfaronade eats all the food and the Princess vanishes» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 evade	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 evade	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 evade	nsubj
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 evade	advmod
8	evade	evade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	Fanfaronade	Fanfaronade	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pursuit	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Fanfaronade	case
11	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 evade	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 evade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	evade	past · do-support	the Princess	Fanfaronade's pursuit	ultimately property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent pursuit=Location
3	pursue		Fanfaronade			nom pursuit «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

By hiding behind the rocks along the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 rocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hiding	obl
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the rocks		along the shore	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By means of the carbuncle's enchantment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 enchantment	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carbuncle	det
5	carbuncle	carbuncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enchantment	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 carbuncle	case
7	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of the carbuncle's enchantment	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	enchant		the carbuncle						nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

By means of the carbuncle's enchantment that made her vanish entirely from his sight

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 enchantment	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carbuncle	det
5	carbuncle	carbuncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enchantment	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 carbuncle	case
7	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 enchantment	acl:relcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	obj
11	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 made	xcomp
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 vanish	advmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 sight	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sight	nmod:poss
15	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vanish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present				of the carbuncle's enchantment	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	make	past	the carbuncle's enchantment	her = she			tree rules
3	vanish	infinitive	her = she not said here		his sight	entirely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial_Location
4	enchant		the carbuncle				nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
5	sight		his = he				nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

By means of a magical boat that carried her across the wide and stormy sea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boat	det
5	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boat	amod
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 carried	nsubj
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 boat	acl:relcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carried	obj
10	across	across	ADP	_	15 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
12	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sea	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stormy	cc
14	stormy	stormy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wide	conj
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of a magical boat	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	carry	past	a magical boat	her = she		the wide sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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