Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla,…
What was the principal consequence of Narcissus's dreams for the Princess?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Narcissus · What happens: be, dream · To what, where: principal consequence
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» 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 | 5 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 consequence | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 consequence | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 consequence | amod |
| 5 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 dreams | case |
| 7 | Narcissus | Narcissus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 dreams | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Narcissus | case |
| 9 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 consequence | nmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 Princess | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Princess | det |
| 12 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dreams | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal consequence | of Narcissus's dreams for the Princess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dream | Narcissus | for the Princess | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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
She came to dread their cessation, having found in them a delightful companion and a true friend
The tree, 17 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 | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 dread | mark |
| 4 | dread | dread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 came | xcomp |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cessation | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cessation | cessation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dread | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 found | punct |
| 8 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 found | aux |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 came | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 found | obl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 companion | det |
| 13 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 companion | amod |
| 14 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 friend | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 friend | det |
| 17 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 friend | amod |
| 18 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 companion | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | dread | to-infinitive | She not said here | their cessation | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cessation=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | find | gerund · perfect | She not said here | a delightful companion and a true friend | in them = they | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Topic | |||
| 4 | cease | their = they | nom cessation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She came to dread their cessation, having found in them a delightful companion
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 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 dread | mark |
| 4 | dread | dread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 came | xcomp |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cessation | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cessation | cessation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dread | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 having | punct |
| 8 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 came | advcl |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 having | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 found | obl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 companion | det |
| 13 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 companion | amod |
| 14 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | dread | to-infinitive | She not said here | their cessation | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cessation=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | She not said here | a delightful companion | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | find | participle | a delightful companion not said here | in them = they | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | cease | their = they | nom cessation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She came to fear the King's visits to the house
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 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fear | mark |
| 4 | fear | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 came | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 visits | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | visits | visit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fear | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 house | det |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fear | to-infinitive | She not said here | the King's visits | to the house | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer visit=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | visit | the King | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
She began to wish the dreams would never end
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 began | nsubj |
| 2 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 wish | mark |
| 4 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 began | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dreams | det |
| 6 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 end | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 end | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 end | advmod |
| 9 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wish | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | She | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wish | to-infinitive | She not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not end | would | the dreams | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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