Exam question 1 · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

With reference to the passage, which of the following best describes the Enchanter's reaction to the Princess's cry of terror?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Enchanter, terror · What happens: follow, describe, react, cry · To what, where: passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 describes	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 best	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 best	det
10	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 best	case
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 describes	nmod
12	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Enchanter	det
14	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 reaction	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Enchanter	case
16	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 describes	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	21 cry	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Princess	det
19	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 cry	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Princess	case
21	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reaction	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 terror	case
23	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cry	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the passage	of the best	tree rules
3	react		the Enchanter		to the Princess's cry of terror	nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl
4	cry		terror			nom cry «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

He took it for a happy shout of greeting

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 shout	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shout	det
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shout	amod
7	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 greeting	case
9	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shout	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	it				for a happy shout of greeting	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for shout=Beneficiary
2	shout			greeting					nom shout «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He was alarmed and immediately vanished in a cloud of dust and smoke

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 alarmed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 alarmed	aux:pass
3	alarmed	alarm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 vanished	cc
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 vanished	advmod
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 alarmed	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cloud	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cloud	det
9	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vanished	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 dust	case
11	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cloud	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 smoke	cc
13	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cloud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	alarm	past · passive	He			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	vanish	past		a cloud of dust and smoke	immediately property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cloud		dust			nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He mistook it for delighted surprise

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 mistook	nsubj
2	mistook	mistake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mistook	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 surprise	case
5	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 surprise	amod
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mistook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mistake	past	He	it				for delighted surprise	tree rules

Option 4

He thought she was angry at him

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	cop
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she					at him = he; angry property	tree rules

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