Exam question 3 · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

State the reason the princess was unable to obtain a husband, according to the narrator.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State reason · What happens: be, obtain, accord · To what, where: husband

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unable	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unable	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 unable	cop
7	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 obtain	mark
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 unable	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 husband	det
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 narrator	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 narrator	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrator	det
16	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unable	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the State reason		unable property	tree rules
2	obtain	to-infinitive	the State reason not said here	a husband		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset husband=Theme
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

She was regarded as ugly by all and sundry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 ugly	case
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regarded	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 sundry	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sundry	det
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sundry	cc
9	sundry	sundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past · passive	all sundry	She				as ugly	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as ugly=Value

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was regarded as ugly by all and sundry, and her father could find no one to marry her

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 ugly	case
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regarded	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 regarded	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sundry	cc
9	sundry	sundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 all	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 find	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 find	cc
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 find	aux
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 regarded	parataxis
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 marry	mark
19	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 find	advcl
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	past · passive		She	as ugly	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as ugly=Value
2	find	could	her father	no one		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic
3	marry	to-infinitive	her father not said here	her = she		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3

She was regarded as ugly by all and sundry, and no suitor would come near her at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 ugly	case
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regarded	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 regarded	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sundry	cc
9	sundry	sundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 all	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 come	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 suitor	det
13	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 come	aux
15	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 regarded	conj
16	near	near	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 come	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past · passive		She				as ugly	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as ugly=Value
2	come	would	no suitor			all		near her = she	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location

Option 4

Her father had refused every suitor offered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	aux
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 suitor	det
6	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	obj
7	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 refused	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past · perfect	Her father	every suitor					tree rules
2	not offer	participle	Her father not said here						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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