Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daug…

Which of the following describes the reason the King dismissed his younger daughter from the court?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, describe, dismiss · To what, where: reason, younger daughter, court

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1903 «Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides in rags, works as a shepherdess, and wins a Prince with a lost ring.» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dismissed	nsubj
10	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 daughter	nmod:poss
12	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 daughter	amod
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dismissed	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dismissed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	dismiss	past	the King	King's younger daughter	the court	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme from court=Source

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 chose to marry a man he had forbidden her to see

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 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 chose	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forbidden	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 forbidden	aux
9	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 man	acl:relcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forbidden	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 see	mark
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 forbidden	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	choose	past	She		tree rules
2	marry	to-infinitive	She not said here	a man	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
3	forbid	past · perfect	man	her = she	tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	man not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

She insulted the King at court

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 insulted	nsubj
2	insulted	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 insulted	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 court	case
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past	She	the King		court			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She declined to express her affection in the manner he desired

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 declined	nsubj
2	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 express	mark
4	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declined	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 affection	nmod:poss
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 express	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 express	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 desired	nsubj
11	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	decline	past	She			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not express	to-infinitive	She not said here	her affection	the manner	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme
3	desire	past	he	the manner not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot manner=Theme

Option 4

She refused to speak the praise he sought of her

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 speak	mark
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 praise	det
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sought	nsubj
8	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 praise	acl:relcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	She			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not speak speech: other	to-infinitive	She not said here	the praise		tree rules
3	seek	past	he	the praise not said here	of her = she	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Theme

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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