Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess…

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the Prince's conduct in the Fairy's gallery?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, be, conduct · To what, where: gallery

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» 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	9 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 conduct	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Prince	case
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 gallery	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Fairy	det
17	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 gallery	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Fairy	case
19	gallery	gallery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the accurate account; of the Prince's conduct in the Fairy's gallery	tree rules
3	conduct		the Prince	the Fairy's gallery		nom conduct «act transitive»: 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 persevered in his refusal despite the threats, the attack of the goblins and the voice that urged him on to seek the branch

The tree, 24 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 persevered	nsubj
2	persevered	persevere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 refusal	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 refusal	nmod:poss
5	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persevered	obl
6	despite	despite	ADP	_	8 threats	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 threats	det
8	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persevered	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 attack	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 attack	det
11	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persevered	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 goblins	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goblins	det
14	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attack	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 voice	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 voice	det
17	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goblins	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 urged	nsubj
19	urged	urge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 voice	acl:relcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 urged	iobj
21	on	on	ADP	_	19 urged	compound:prt
22	to	to	PART	_	23 seek	mark
23	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 urged	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 branch	det
25	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 seek	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	persevere	past	He	the attack of the goblins and the voice		his refusal	despite the threats	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in refusal=Location
2	urge on	past	the voice		him = he			vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	seek	to-infinitive	the voice not said here	the branch				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme
4	refuse		his = he					nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	attack			the goblins and the voice				nom attack «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He agreed to her demands after the goblins attacked him in the gallery

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 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 demands	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 demands	nmod:poss
5	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 agreed	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 attacked	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goblins	det
8	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 attacked	nsubj
9	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 attacked	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 gallery	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gallery	det
13	gallery	gallery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He			to her demands	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	attack	past	the goblins	him = he	the gallery		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	demand		her = she				nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He persevered in his refusal despite the threats and the attack of the goblins, drawing his dagger each time

The tree, 19 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 persevered	nsubj
2	persevered	persevere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 refusal	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 refusal	nmod:poss
5	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persevered	obl
6	despite	despite	ADP	_	8 threats	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 threats	det
8	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persevered	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 attack	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 attack	det
11	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threats	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 goblins	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goblins	det
14	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attack	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 drawing	punct
16	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 persevered	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dagger	nmod:poss
18	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 drawing	obj
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	20 time	det
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 drawing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persevere	past	He		his refusal		despite the threats and the attack of the goblins	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in refusal=Location
2	draw	gerund	He not said here	his dagger		time		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dagger=Theme
3	refuse		his = he					nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	attack			the goblins				nom attack «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He persevered in his refusal despite the threats and the attack of the goblins

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 persevered	nsubj
2	persevered	persevere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 refusal	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 refusal	nmod:poss
5	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persevered	obl
6	despite	despite	ADP	_	8 threats	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 threats	det
8	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persevered	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 attack	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 attack	det
11	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threats	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 goblins	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goblins	det
14	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	persevere	past	He		his refusal	despite the threats and the attack of the goblins	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in refusal=Location
2	refuse		his = he				nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	attack			the goblins			nom attack «act transitive»: of=patient

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