Exam question 1 · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

Which of the following best describes the action of the King in response to the Princess's refusal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, Princess · What happens: follow, describe, act, refuse · To what, where: action, response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 King	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 response	case
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 refusal	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Princess	det
16	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 refusal	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Princess	case
18	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 response	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action of the King	response to the Princess's refusal	of the best	tree rules
3	act		the King		response to the Princess's refusal		nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place
4	refuse		the Princess				nom refusal «communication 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

He ordered her to be locked in the tower under guard until she agreed to be sensible

The tree, 17 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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	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	2 ordered	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 locked	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 locked	aux:pass
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tower	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tower	det
9	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 locked	obl
10	under	under	ADP	_	11 guard	case
11	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tower	nmod
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 agreed	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 agreed	nsubj
14	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 locked	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	17 sensible	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 sensible	cop
17	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 agreed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	order	past	He	her = she			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lock not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here		the tower under guard		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	agree speech: agree	past	she				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			sensible property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He ordered that she be imprisoned in the tower

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 imprisoned	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 imprisoned	nsubj
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 imprisoned	aux:pass
6	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tower	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tower	det
9	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imprisoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He						vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	imprison not said to happen	infinitive · passive		she		the tower			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in tower=Destination

Option 3

He sent her to live with the fairies

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	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	2 sent	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 live	mark
5	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 fairies	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fairies	det
8	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	her = she					tree rules
2	live	to-infinitive	her = she not said here					with the fairies	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with fairy=Location

Option 4

He demanded that she give back the box and then declared her a traitor to the crown

The tree, 17 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 demanded	nsubj
2	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 give	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 demanded	ccomp
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 declared	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 declared	advmod
11	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 demanded	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 declared	obj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 traitor	det
14	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declared	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 crown	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 crown	det
17	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	He				vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	give back	infinitive	she	the box			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme
3	declare speech: other	past	He not said here	her = she	then	to the crown	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme traitor=Attribute

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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