Exam question 1 · The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King ma…

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the King expressed his grief upon the death of his consort?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: King, consort · What happens: follow, describe, express, die · To what, where: manner, grief

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1864 «The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King marries a sorrowful lady, and her ugly daughter starts trouble» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 expressed	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 expressed	nsubj
14	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 grief	nmod:poss
16	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 expressed	obj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 death	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 death	det
19	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 expressed	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 consort	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 consort	nmod:poss
22	consort	consort	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 death	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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 manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	express	past	the King	King's grief	the manner	upon the death of King's consort	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme
4	die		King's consort				nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 refused all food and repeatedly struck his head against the walls of a small private chamber within the palace

The tree, 20 words

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 struck	cc
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	7 struck	advmod
7	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 struck	obj
10	against	against	ADP	_	12 walls	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 walls	det
12	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 struck	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 chamber	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chamber	det
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chamber	amod
16	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chamber	amod
17	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walls	nmod
18	within	within	ADP	_	20 palace	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 palace	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He	all food					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	strike	past	He not said here	his head				against the walls of a small private chamber; within the palace; repeatedly property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against wall=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He repeatedly struck his head against the walls of a small chamber

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	3 struck	advmod
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 struck	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 chamber	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chamber	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chamber	amod
12	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	his head				against the walls of a small chamber; repeatedly property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against wall=Patient

Option 3

He repeatedly struck his head against the walls of a small chamber while the courtiers hung feather-beds upon them

The tree, 20 words

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	3 struck	advmod
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 struck	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 chamber	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chamber	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chamber	amod
12	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	nmod
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 hung	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 courtiers	det
15	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hung	nsubj
16	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	advcl
17	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 beds	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 feather	punct
19	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hung	obj
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	his head				against the walls of a small chamber; repeatedly property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against wall=Patient
2	hang	past	the courtiers	feather beds				upon beds = bed	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bed=Theme upon they=Destination

Option 4

He repeatedly struck his forehead on the stone walls of the palace

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	3 struck	advmod
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 forehead	nmod:poss
5	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walls	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walls	compound
9	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 struck	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	his forehead				on the stone walls of the palace; repeatedly property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent forehead=Instrument on wall=Patient

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