Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

Which of the following best describes the Prince's conduct in response to the black girl's commands when he encountered the dove?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, Prince, black girl · What happens: follow, describe, encounter, conduct, command · To what, where: conduct, response, dove · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» 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 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Prince	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 response	case
12	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	18 commands	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girl	det
15	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 girl	amod
16	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 commands	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 girl	case
18	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 response	nmod
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 encountered	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 encountered	nsubj
21	encountered	encounter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 commands	acl:relcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 dove	det
23	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 encountered	obj
24	?	?	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 Prince's conduct	response to the black girl's commands	of the best	tree rules
3	encounter	past	he	the dove			vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dove=Stimulus
4	conduct		the Prince		response to the black girl's commands		nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place
5	command		the black girl				nom command «communication transitive»: 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

He ignored the commands

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 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 commands	det
4	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	the commands					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme

Option 2

He followed the orders but spared the bird

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 orders	det
4	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 followed	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 spared	cc
6	spared	spare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 followed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	the orders					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2	spare	past	He not said here	the bird					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent bird=Asset

Option 3

He disobeyed and spared the bird's life

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 disobeyed	nsubj
2	disobeyed	disobey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 spared	cc
4	spared	spare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 disobeyed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 life	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bird	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disobey	past	He						tree rules
2	spare	past	He not said here	the bird's life					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He obeyed the commands strictly and did not spare the bird's life

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 obeyed	nsubj
2	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 commands	det
4	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 obeyed	obj
5	strictly	strictly	ADV	_	2 obeyed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 spare	cc
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 spare	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 spare	advmod
9	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obeyed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bird	det
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 life	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 bird	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	past	He	the commands				strictly property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme
2	not spare	past · do-support	He not said here	the bird's life					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset

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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