Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches…

What was the outcome when the Princess beheld the procession?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: be, behold · To what, where: outcome, procession

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» 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	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 beheld	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 beheld	nsubj
8	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 procession	det
10	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beheld	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome					tree rules
2	behold	past	the Princess	the procession					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer procession=Stimulus

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

She burst into a loud fit of laughter and ordered the procession to stop at once.

The tree, 16 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 burst	nsubj
2	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 fit	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fit	det
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fit	amod
6	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burst	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 laughter	case
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ordered	cc
10	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 burst	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 procession	det
12	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ordered	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 stop	mark
14	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ordered	xcomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 stop	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 burst	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	burst	past	She		a loud fit of laughter	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	order	past	She not said here	the procession		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent procession=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the procession not said here			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She burst into a loud fit of laughter

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 burst	nsubj
2	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 fit	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fit	det
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fit	amod
6	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burst	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 laughter	case
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	past	She			a loud fit of laughter			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She fell into a deep fit of sorrow.

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	into	into	ADP	_	6 fit	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fit	det
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fit	amod
6	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sorrow	case
8	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	She					into a deep fit of sorrow result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into fit=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She turned away in cold silence.

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 silence	case
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silence	amod
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past	She			cold silence		away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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