Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in…

Upon what occasion did the king's courtiers ridicule his adventure and so prompt his departure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occasion, courtiers · What happens: do, ridicule, prompt, adventure, depart · To what, where: adventure, departure

This is exam question 4 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 courtiers	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ridicule	nsubj
9	ridicule	ridicule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 adventure	nmod:poss
11	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ridicule	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 prompt	cc
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 prompt	advmod
14	prompt	prompt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ridicule	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 departure	nmod:poss
16	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prompt	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	occasion		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	ridicule	present	the king's courtiers	occasion's adventure	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme
3	prompt	infinitive	the king's courtiers not said here	occasion's departure	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition departure=Patient
4	adventure		occasion		nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent
5	depart		occasion		nom departure «act intransitive»: 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

After his hunt in the valley.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 hunt	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hunt	nmod:poss
3	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 valley	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 valley	det
6	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunt	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hunt	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Upon his return to the palace, following the princess's flight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 return	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 return	nmod:poss
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flight	punct
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 flight	amod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flight	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 princess	case
12	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	return		his = he					to the palace	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 3

Upon his return to the palace, following the princess's flight, when his courtiers mocked his long adventure openly.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 return	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 return	nmod:poss
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flight	obl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 flight	amod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flight	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 princess	case
12	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mocked	punct
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 mocked	advmod
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 courtiers	nmod:poss
16	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 mocked	nsubj
17	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 flight	acl:relcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 adventure	nmod:poss
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 adventure	amod
20	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mocked	obj
21	openly	openly	ADV	_	17 mocked	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 flight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mock	past	his courtiers	his long adventure	openly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme
3	return		his = he		to the palace	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl
4	adventure		his = he			nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Upon his return to the palace, after the princess had flown away over the plain and back to her own kingdom.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 return	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 return	nmod:poss
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flown	obl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 princess	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flown	obl
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 flown	aux
12	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 flown	advmod
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 plain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 plain	det
16	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flown	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 back	cc
18	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 plain	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 kingdom	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 kingdom	nmod:poss
21	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 kingdom	amod
22	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 plain	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 flown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past · perfect				the plain to princess's own kingdom and back	after the princess	upon his return to the palace; away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon return=Location
2	return		his = he					to the palace	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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