Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Princess Potentilla gave for her refusal to attend the Enchanter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Potentilla · What happens: follow, describe, give, attend, refuse · To what, where: Enchanter

This is exam question 3 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	12 gave	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 reason	csubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Potentilla	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Potentilla	compound
11	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 refusal	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 refusal	nmod:poss
15	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 attend	mark
17	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 gave	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Enchanter	det
19	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 attend	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	give	past			of the reason; for Potentilla's refusal	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for refusal=Asset
4	attend	to-infinitive		the Enchanter		vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme enchanter=Goal
5	refuse		Potentilla			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

she claimed a pain in her little finger

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pain	det
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claimed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 finger	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 finger	nmod:poss
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 finger	amod
8	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claimed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	she	a pain		her little finger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pain=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she said she had a cold

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	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	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cold	det
6	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	she	a cold					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient

Option 3

she felt sick in her head

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	she					in her head; sick property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in head=Attribute

Option 4

she had a headache

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 headache	det
4	headache	headache	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	a headache					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headache=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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