Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self…

Which expression describes the Princess's emotional state following her expulsion from the empire?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: expression, emotional state · What happens: describe, follow, expel · To what, where: emotional state, expulsion, empire

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	nsubj
3	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Princess	case
7	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 state	amod
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	obj
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 state	acl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 expulsion	nmod:poss
11	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 empire	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 empire	det
14	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	present	which expression	the Princess's emotional state		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme
2	follow	gerund	the Princess's emotional state not said here	expression's expulsion	the empire	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent expulsion=Theme from empire=Trajectory
3	expel		expression			nom expulsion «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she stood still and wept

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	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wept	cc
5	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	she				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	weep	past	she not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she stood still and sulked

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	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sulked	cc
5	sulked	sulk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	she				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sulk	participle	she not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

she ran off

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	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	she						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

she sang and stamped

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	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stamped	cc
4	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	stamp	past	she not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=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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