Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

Describe the manner in which the King first came to suspect that his youngest daughter had transgressed his instructions upon his return home.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, King, youngest daughter · What happens: describe, come, suspect, transgress, instruct, return · To what, where: manner, instructions

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 came	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 came	nsubj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 came	advmod
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 suspect	mark
11	suspect	suspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 came	xcomp
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 transgressed	mark
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
14	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 daughter	amod
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 transgressed	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 transgressed	aux
17	transgressed	transgress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 suspect	ccomp
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 instructions	nmod:poss
19	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 transgressed	obj
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 return	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 return	nmod:poss
22	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 transgressed	obl
23	home	home	ADV	_	17 transgressed	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	come	past	the King		the manner	first property	tree rules
3	suspect	to-infinitive	the King not said here				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	transgress	past · perfect	King's youngest daughter	King's instructions		upon King's return; home property	tree rules
5	instruct		King				nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	return		King				nom return «communication intransitive»: 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

A servant told him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a servant		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

He saw her crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crying	obj
4	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 saw	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	cry speech: express	gerund		her = she					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Option 3

He noticed a key missing from her belt and a torn dress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 missing	det
4	key	key	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 missing	amod
5	missing	missing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 belt	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 belt	nmod:poss
8	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dress	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dress	det
11	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 dress	amod
12	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	He	a key missing		her belt and a torn dress			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer missing=Stimulus
2	tear	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He observed that she had grown thin and sad in appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 observed	nsubj
2	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 grown	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grown	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grown	aux
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 observed	ccomp
7	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grown	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sad	cc
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thin	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 appearance	case
11	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	past · perfect	she			appearance		thin property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in appearance=Location

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