Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is sco…
What is the principal reason for Celandine's distress on being rejected by Featherhead?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal reason, Featherhead, Celandine · What happens: be, reject, distress · To what, where: principal reason
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1884 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 distress | case |
| 7 | Celandine | Celandine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 distress | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Celandine | case |
| 9 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reason | nmod |
| 10 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 12 rejected | mark |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 rejected | aux:pass |
| 12 | rejected | reject | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 reason | acl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Featherhead | case |
| 14 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rejected | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal reason for Celandine's distress | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | reject | gerund · passive | Featherhead | the principal reason for Celandine's distress not said here | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | distress | Celandine | nom distress «feeling 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 is wounded by his cold dismissal of her, having given him her love
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 | 3 wounded | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wounded | aux:pass |
| 3 | wounded | wound | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 dismissal | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dismissal | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dismissal | amod |
| 7 | dismissal | dismissal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wounded | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dismissal | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
| 11 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 given | aux |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 wounded | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 given | iobj |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 love | nmod:poss |
| 15 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wound | present · passive | his cold dismissal of her | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund · perfect | his cold dismissal of her not said here | her love | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient love=Theme | |||
| 3 | dismiss | his = he | her = she | nom dismissal «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | |||||
| 4 | love | her = she | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
She is upset that he has taken a portrait of another princess from town
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 | 3 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 upset | cop |
| 3 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 taken | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 taken | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 taken | aux |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 upset | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 portrait | det |
| 9 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 taken | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 princess | case |
| 11 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 portrait | nmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 town | case |
| 14 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 princess | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | upset property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | present · perfect | he | a portrait of another princess from town | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme | ||||
| 3 | portray | another princess from town | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She feels hurt by his cold rejection after she gave him her heart
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 | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux:pass |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 rejection | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 rejection | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rejection | amod |
| 7 | rejection | rejection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurt | obl |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 gave | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gave | iobj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 heart | nmod:poss |
| 13 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · passive | his cold rejection | She | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | past | she | her heart | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient heart=Theme | |||
| 3 | reject | his = he | nom rejection «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
She is angry at the Fairy
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 | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Fairy | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Fairy | det |
| 6 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | at the Fairy; angry property | tree rules |
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