Exam question 4 · Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake…

Which of the following statements is accurate regarding Grannonia's conduct when the courtiers fled?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: courtiers, Grannonia · What happens: follow, be, regard, flee, conduct

This is exam question 4 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	7 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 accurate	cop
7	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 conduct	case
9	Grannonia	Grannonia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Grannonia	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accurate	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 fled	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 courtiers	det
14	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fled	nsubj
15	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 accurate	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		regard Grannonia's conduct; accurate property	tree rules
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	flee	past	the courtiers		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	conduct		Grannonia		nom conduct «act 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

She kept her composure, refused to flee, and even laughed at the courtiers who ran from the snake in terror.

The tree, 20 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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	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 composure	nmod:poss
4	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 refused	punct
6	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 flee	mark
8	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refused	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laughed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 laughed	cc
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 laughed	advmod
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 courtiers	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 courtiers	det
15	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 laughed	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 ran	nsubj
17	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 courtiers	acl:relcl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 snake	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 snake	det
20	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ran	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 terror	case
22	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ran	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	She	her composure			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composure=Theme
2	refuse	past	She not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not flee	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	laugh	past	She not said here		the courtiers		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	run	past	the courtiers		terror	from the snake	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from snake=Trajectory

Option 2

She stayed calm but she quickly left the room in tears.

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 left	cc
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 left	nsubj
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 left	advmod
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 tears	case
11	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	She					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	past	she	the room		tears		quickly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent room=Theme in tear=Location

Option 3

She was frightened and ran off to hide with the maids.

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 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ran	cc
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	conj
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 ran	compound:prt
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hide	mark
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ran	advcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 maids	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maids	det
11	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hide	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 frightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive	She		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	run off	past			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hide	to-infinitive		with the maids	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She retained her presence of mind and declined to fly from the snake she was to marry.

The tree, 17 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 retained	nsubj
2	retained	retain	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 presence	nmod:poss
4	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retained	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 mind	case
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 presence	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 declined	cc
8	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 retained	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fly	mark
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 declined	xcomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 snake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snake	det
13	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fly	obl
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 marry	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 marry	cop
16	to	to	PART	_	17 marry	mark
17	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 snake	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 retained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	retain	past	She	her presence of mind		tree rules
2	decline	past	She not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fly	to-infinitive	She not said here		from the snake	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from snake=Trajectory
4	is	past	snake		marry property	tree rules

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