Exam question 1 · Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake…

Which of the following best describes the King's response to his daughter's remark concerning salt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: remark, daughter · What happens: follow, describe, concern, remark · To what, where: response, salt

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 King	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 remark	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 daughter	nmod:poss
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 remark	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 daughter	case
15	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod
16	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 remark	acl
17	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 concerning	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the King's response	of the best; to King's daughter's remark	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	King's daughter's remark not said here	salt		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus salt=Experiencer
4	remark		King's daughter			nom remark «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He acknowledged that he had misinterpreted her words and had been in error.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 misinterpreted	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 misinterpreted	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 misinterpreted	aux
6	misinterpreted	misinterpret	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 acknowledged	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 words	nmod:poss
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 misinterpreted	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 error	cc
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 error	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 error	cop
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 error	case
13	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 misinterpreted	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acknowledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	misinterpret	past · perfect	he	her words		vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
3	is	past · perfect	he not said here		error	tree rules
4	word		her = she			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He dismissed her remark and insisted his judgment of the salt was right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dismissed	nsubj
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 remark	nmod:poss
4	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 insisted	cc
6	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dismissed	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 judgment	nmod:poss
8	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 right	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 salt	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 salt	det
11	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 judgment	nmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 insisted	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dismissed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past	He	her remark		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Theme
2	insist speech: other	past	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	his judgment of the salt		right property	tree rules
4	remark		her = she			nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	judge		his = he	the salt		nom judgment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

He rejected her view and maintained that his own understanding of the matter had been correct.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rejected	nsubj
2	rejected	reject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 view	nmod:poss
4	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejected	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 maintained	cc
6	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rejected	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 correct	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 understanding	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 understanding	amod
10	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 correct	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 matter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 matter	det
13	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 understanding	nmod
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 correct	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 correct	cop
16	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maintained	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rejected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reject	past	He	her view		vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme
2	maintain	past	He not said here			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past · perfect	his own understanding of the matter		correct property	tree rules
4	view		her = she			nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
5	understand		his = he	the matter		nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

He ordered her to be silent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 silent	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 silent	cop
6	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ordered	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		her = she				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					silent property	tree rules

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