Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

In what manner did the youth conduct himself toward the first two princesses?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: do, conduct · To what, where: manner, himself

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 youth	det
6	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conduct	nsubj
7	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 conduct	obj
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 princesses	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princesses	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 princesses	amod
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 princesses	nummod
13	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conduct	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			tree rules
2	conduct	present	the youth	himself = he				toward the first two princesses	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme toward princess=Destination

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

He walked right past the two princesses in the tower and refused even to look up at them

The tree, 18 words

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	right	right	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	past	past	ADP	_	7 princesses	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princesses	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 princesses	nummod
7	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walked	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tower	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tower	det
10	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 refused	cc
12	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj
13	even	even	ADV	_	15 look	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 look	mark
15	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 refused	xcomp
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 look	compound:prt
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	walk	past	He	the tower	past the two princesses; right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent past princess=Initial_Location in tower=Trajectory
2	refuse	past	He not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not look up	to-infinitive	He not said here		at princesses = princess	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He carried them home safely

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	home	home	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod
5	safely	safely	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	them = they				home, safely property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He passed them by without regard

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 passed	nsubj
2	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passed	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 regard	case
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 regard	case
6	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	He	them = they				by regard	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme by regard=Destination

Option 4

He passed them by without any regard for their pleas or their tears at all

The tree, 15 words

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 passed	nsubj
2	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passed	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 regard	case
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 regard	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 regard	det
7	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pleas	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pleas	nmod:poss
10	pleas	plea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 regard	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 tears	cc
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tears	nmod:poss
13	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pleas	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	He	them = they		all		by any regard for their pleas or pleas's tears	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme by regard=Destination

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