Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…
Which of the following was the Queen's reaction when she first inhaled the scent of the Enchanter's club?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: follow, be, inhale, scent · To what, where: scent, club
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» 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 | 9 reaction | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 reaction | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 reaction | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 reaction | case |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 reaction | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Queen | det |
| 7 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 reaction | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Queen | case |
| 9 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 inhaled | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 inhaled | nsubj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 inhaled | advmod |
| 13 | inhaled | inhale | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 reaction | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 scent | det |
| 15 | scent | scent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 inhaled | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 club | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Enchanter | det |
| 18 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 club | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 Enchanter | case |
| 20 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 scent | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 reaction | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | of the Queen's reaction | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | inhale | past | she | the scent of the Enchanter's club | first property | vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Theme | |||
| 4 | scent | the Enchanter's club | nom scent «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
she declared herself perfectly restored and asked for a feast of gold
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 declared | nsubj |
| 2 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 restored | nsubj |
| 4 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 5 restored | advmod |
| 5 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 declared | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 asked | cc |
| 7 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 declared | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 feast | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 feast | det |
| 10 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asked | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 gold | case |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feast | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | past | she | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | restore | past | herself = she | perfectly property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | she not said here | for a feast of gold | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
she demanded more wine now
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 demanded | nsubj |
| 2 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 wine | amod |
| 4 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 demanded | obj |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 demanded | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | she | more wine | now | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wine=Precondition |
Option 3
she fell back asleep, declaring the club's scent far too rich for her
The tree, 14 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 fell | nsubj |
| 2 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 fell | advmod |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fell | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 declaring | punct |
| 6 | declaring | declare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 fell | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 club | det |
| 8 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 scent | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 club | case |
| 10 | scent | scent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 declaring | obj |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 rich | advmod |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 rich | advmod |
| 13 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 declaring | xcomp |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 rich | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall back | past | she | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | gerund | she not said here | the club's scent | rich property | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Attribute | |||
| 3 | scent | the club | nom scent «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
she declared herself perfectly restored
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 declared | nsubj |
| 2 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 restored | nsubj |
| 4 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 5 restored | advmod |
| 5 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 declared | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | past | she | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | restore | past | herself = she | perfectly property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
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