Exam question 3 · The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King ma…

Which of the following accurately characterises the disposition of Turritella, as described in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, describe · To what, where: disposition, passage

This is exam question 3 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	6 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 characterises	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterises	advmod
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 disposition	det
8	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Turritella	case
10	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 described	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 described	mark
13	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 characterises	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 described	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the disposition of Turritella		accurately property	tree rules
3	describe	participle		the passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

She was quick to anger but very fond of her father

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	3 quick	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 quick	cop
3	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 anger	mark
5	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quick	advcl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 fond	cc
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 fond	advmod
8	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quick	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 father	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	8 fond	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					quick property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here					of her father	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was neither beautiful nor gracious in her manner

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	4 beautiful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beautiful	cop
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 beautiful	cc:preconj
4	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gracious	cc
6	gracious	gracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beautiful	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 manner	nmod:poss
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beautiful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			her manner		beautiful property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here						tree rules

Option 3

She was neither beautiful nor gracious in her manner and often spoke harshly to the servants

The tree, 16 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	4 beautiful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beautiful	cop
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 beautiful	cc:preconj
4	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gracious	cc
6	gracious	gracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beautiful	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 manner	nmod:poss
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gracious	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spoke	cc
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 spoke	advmod
12	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beautiful	conj
13	harshly	harshly	ADV	_	12 spoke	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 servants	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 servants	det
16	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		beautiful property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here	her manner		tree rules
3	speak speech: other	past	She not said here		to the servants; harshly, often property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to servant=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was a cheerful girl who loved music and dancing

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	5 girl	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 loved	nsubj
7	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	acl:relcl
8	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loved	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dancing	cc
10	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 music	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a cheerful girl					tree rules
2	love	past	a cheerful girl	music and dancing					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus

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