Exam question 4 · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

Which of the following best describes the circumstances of the Prince's arrival in the country?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, describe, arrive · To what, where: circumstances, country

This is exam question 4 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 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 arrival	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prince	det
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 arrival	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Prince	case
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 circumstances	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 country	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 country	det
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrival	nmod
17	?	?	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 circumstances of the Prince's arrival in the country		of the best	tree rules
3	arrive		the Prince		the country		nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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 rode in on a grey horse

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 horse	case
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He					in a grey horse	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He arrived by ship from the north

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 arrived	nsubj
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 ship	case
4	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrived	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 north	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 north	det
7	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	He			the north		by ship	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from north=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He came strolling in search of shady pasture

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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strolling	stroll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 search	case
5	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strolling	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pasture	case
7	shady	shady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pasture	amod
8	pasture	pasture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	come	past	He			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stroll	gerund	He not said here		search of shady pasture	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in search=Trajectory
3	search			shady pasture		nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He came by horse

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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 horse	case
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	He					by horse	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horse=Location

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