Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

In what manner did the Prince's constancy become established at the conclusion?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: constancy · What happens: do, become, establish · To what, where: manner, conclusion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 constancy	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Prince	case
8	constancy	constancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 become	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 conclusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conclusion	det
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 established	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	do	past		what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	become	present	the Prince's constancy		tree rules
3	establish	participle	the Prince's constancy not said here	the conclusion	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 kept loyal to the bride briefly

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kept	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bride	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bride	det
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
7	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	2 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He					to the bride; briefly, loyal property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He stayed devoted to his wife only until his son was born and then strayed

The tree, 15 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 devoted	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devoted	aux:pass
3	devoted	devote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wife	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoted	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	12 born	advmod
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 born	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 son	nmod:poss
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 born	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 born	aux:pass
12	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 devoted	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 strayed	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 strayed	advmod
15	strayed	stray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devoted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	devote	past · passive	He	his wife		vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme to wife=Goal
2	bear	past · passive	his son			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	stray	past			then	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He remained faithful to his wife for the rest of his life

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 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remained	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wife	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 rest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rest	det
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	He					to his wife; for the rest of his life; faithful property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He remained loyal to his bride at first but later drifted to other maidens at court

The tree, 16 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 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remained	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bride	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bride	nmod:poss
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remained	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 remained	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 drifted	cc
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 drifted	advmod
11	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remained	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 maidens	case
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 maidens	amod
14	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drifted	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 court	case
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	He					to his bride; loyal property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Location
2	drift	past	He not said here			court		to other maidens; late property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to maiden=Source at court=Trajectory

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