Exam question 4 · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

In what manner does the youngest daughter respond to her father's remark that she is a small child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, father · What happens: do, be, remark · To what, where: youngest daughter respond, manner, small child

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» 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 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 respond	det
6	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 respond	amod
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respond	compound
8	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 remark	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remark	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 father	case
13	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 child	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 child	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 child	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 child	amod
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remark	acl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		the youngest daughter respond	what manner	to her father's remark	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	is a	present	she	a small child			tree rules
3	remark		her father				nom remark «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 · ← Mova's choice

She argues that her sisters are braver and asks to be left at home with the servants

The tree, 17 words

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 argues	nsubj
2	argues	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 braver	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sisters	nmod:poss
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 braver	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 braver	cop
7	braver	brave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 argues	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asks	cc
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 argues	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 left	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 asks	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 home	case
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 servants	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 servants	det
17	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present	She			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	her sisters		brave property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present	She not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	She not said here	home	with the servants	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: at home=Location

Option 2

She laughs and says she is sure to win

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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 says	cc
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughs	conj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sure	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sure	cop
7	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 win	mark
9	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sure	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	She		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	she	sure property	tree rules
4	win	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She declares that she will succeed and does not feel offended by his mockery

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 declares	nsubj
2	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 succeed	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 succeed	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 succeed	aux
6	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declares	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feel	cc
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 feel	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 feel	advmod
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declares	conj
11	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 feel	xcomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 mockery	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mockery	nmod:poss
14	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	present	She		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	succeed	future	she		vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not feel	present · do-support	She not said here		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	offend	participle	She not said here	by his mockery	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	mock		his = he		nom mockery «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She agrees with him

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 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	She					with him = he	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent

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