Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

Which of the following best explains why the young woman at last consented to the proposed marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, explain, consent, propose · To what, where: young woman · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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 explains	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 explains	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 explains	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 explains	csubj
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 following	advmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 explains	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 why	nsubj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 last	case
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	nmod
13	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 woman	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 marriage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 marriage	det
16	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 marriage	amod
17	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consented	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		well property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	consent	participle	the young woman at last not said here	to the proposed marriage	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to marriage=Theme
4	propose	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her deceased mother appeared to her in a dream

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	3 mother	nmod:poss
2	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mother	amod
3	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appeared	nsubj
4	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 appeared	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dream	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dream	det
9	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	appear	past	Her deceased mother		her = she	a dream			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dream=Location

Option 2

Her neighbours finally convinced her to agree

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 neighbours	nmod:poss
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 convinced	nsubj
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 convinced	advmod
4	convinced	convince	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 convinced	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 agree	mark
7	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 convinced	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convince	past	Her neighbours	her = she				finally property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result
2	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	Her neighbours not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The village priest blessed the match at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priest	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 priest	compound
3	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessed	nsubj
4	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 match	det
6	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessed	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	past	the village priest	the match			dawn		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme

Option 4

Her father begged her

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	3 begged	nsubj
3	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 begged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	Her father		her = she				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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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