Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in…

In what manner did the king respond when the old woman rebuked him for his want of courtesy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman, his · What happens: do, rebuke, want · To what, where: king respond, manner, him, courtesy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1660 «Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in the forest and made to carry a bundle» 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	7 respond	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 rebuked	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rebuked	nsubj
12	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rebuked	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 want	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 want	nmod:poss
16	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rebuked	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 courtesy	case
18	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 want	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king respond	what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	rebuke	past	the old woman	him = he		for his want of courtesy	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for want=Attribute
3	want		his = he	courtesy			nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 first protested loudly that she had no right to speak to a king, but then acknowledged her remarks and complied.

The tree, 21 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	3 protested	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 protested	advmod
3	protested	protest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 protested	advmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 had	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 protested	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 right	det
9	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 speak	mark
11	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 right	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 king	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 speak	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 acknowledged	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 acknowledged	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 acknowledged	advmod
18	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 protested	parataxis
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 remarks	nmod:poss
20	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 acknowledged	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 complied	cc
22	complied	comply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 acknowledged	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 protested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	protest speech: disagree	past	He			first, loudly property	vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	she	no right			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	she not said here	no right not said here		to a king	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent
4	acknowledge	past		her remarks	then		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Topic
5	comply	participle					tree rules
6	remark		her = she				nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He acknowledged the justice of her remarks, apologised humbly, and complied with her wishes at once.

The tree, 16 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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 justice	det
4	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 remarks	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 remarks	nmod:poss
7	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 justice	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 apologised	punct
9	apologised	apologise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 remarks	acl
10	humbly	humbly	ADV	_	9 apologised	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 complied	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 complied	cc
13	complied	comply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acknowledged	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 wishes	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wishes	nmod:poss
16	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 complied	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 once	case
18	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 wishes	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acknowledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He	the justice of her remarks		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Topic
2	apologise speech: apologize	participle		her remarks not said here	humbly property	tree rules
3	comply	participle	He not said here		with her wishes	tree rules
4	remark		her = she			nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	wish		her = she			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He mocked her and walked off.

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 mocked	nsubj
2	mocked	mock	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 mocked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 walked	cc
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mocked	conj
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 walked	compound:prt
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past	He	her = she					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	walk off	past	He not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He acknowledged the justice of her remarks and complied.

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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 justice	det
4	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 remarks	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 remarks	nmod:poss
7	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 justice	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 complied	cc
9	complied	comply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acknowledged	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acknowledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He	the justice of her remarks	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Topic
2	comply	participle	He not said here		tree rules
3	remark		her = she		nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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