Exam question 4 · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,…
What was the Queen's reaction upon hearing her daughter's report of the failed wedding?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reaction, daughter · What happens: be, hear, fail, report · To what, where: reaction, report, failed wedding
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 reaction | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 reaction | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 reaction | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Queen | case |
| 6 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 8 hearing | mark |
| 8 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 reaction | acl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 10 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 report | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 daughter | case |
| 12 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hearing | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 wedding | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wedding | det |
| 15 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 wedding | amod |
| 16 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 report | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 reaction | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Queen's reaction | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hear | gerund | the Queen's reaction not said here | her daughter's report of the failed wedding | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer report=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | fail | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | report | her daughter | the failed wedding | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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
Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa, who she blamed for the whole shameful failure
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 anger | amod |
| 2 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 blamed | conj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 directed | punct |
| 4 | directed | direct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 anger | acl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Fiordelisa | case |
| 6 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 directed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 blamed | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 blamed | nsubj |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 blamed | nsubj |
| 10 | blamed | blame | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 failure | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 failure | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 failure | amod |
| 14 | shameful | shameful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 failure | amod |
| 15 | failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 blamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | direct | participle | Terrible anger not said here | Fiordelisa | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at fiordelisa=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | blame | past | for the whole shameful failure | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for failure=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 anger | amod |
| 2 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 directed | punct |
| 4 | directed | direct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 anger | acl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Fiordelisa | case |
| 6 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 directed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | direct | participle | Terrible anger not said here | Fiordelisa | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at fiordelisa=Eventuality |
Option 3
Terrible rage and fury, directed at Fiordelisa and the whole palace staff who had failed her
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rage | amod |
| 2 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 fury | cc |
| 4 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rage | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 directed | punct |
| 6 | directed | direct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rage | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Fiordelisa | case |
| 8 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 directed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 staff | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 staff | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 staff | amod |
| 12 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 staff | compound |
| 13 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Fiordelisa | conj |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 failed | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 failed | aux |
| 16 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 staff | acl:relcl |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 failed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | direct | participle | Terrible rage and fury not said here | Fiordelisa and the whole palace staff | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at fiordelisa=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fail | past · perfect | the whole palace staff | her = she | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Sadness and tears, aimed at the King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 tears | cc |
| 3 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sadness | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 aimed | punct |
| 5 | aimed | aim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Sadness | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 aimed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aim | participle | Sadness and tears not said here | at the King | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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