Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…

Describe the manner in which the princess conducted herself by night, as recorded in the account.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, princess · What happens: describe, conduct, record · To what, where: manner, princess, account

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 conducted	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conducted	nsubj
8	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 conducted	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conducted	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 recorded	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 recorded	mark
14	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conducted	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 account	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 account	det
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recorded	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	conduct	past	the princess	princess	the manner	night	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in which=Destination
3	record	participle	the princess not said here		the account		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in account=Destination

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 sat upon the roof of her palace

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 roof	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roof	det
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 palace	nmod:poss
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She			the roof of her palace			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon roof=Location

Option 2

She sat outside

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 sat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She					outside property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She stood upon her palace roof

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	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 roof	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 roof	nmod:poss
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roof	compound
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	She			her palace roof			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon roof=Location

Option 4

She sat atop the balcony of her palace

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	atop	atop	ADP	_	5 balcony	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 balcony	det
5	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 palace	nmod:poss
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 balcony	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She					atop the balcony of her palace	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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