Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat…

Which statement most accurately describes the old woman's reply to the Prince's repeated demands?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, old woman, Prince · What happens: describe, repeat, reply, demand · To what, where: reply

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reply	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 woman	case
10	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	16 demands	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Prince	det
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 demands	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Prince	case
15	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 demands	amod
16	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reply	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the old woman's reply	to the Prince's repeated demands; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent reply=Theme to demand=be'
2	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	reply		the old woman		to the Prince's repeated demands	nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
4	demand		the Prince			nom demand «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

She sadly admitted that she had no food

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 admitted	nsubj
2	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	3 admitted	advmod
3	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 had	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 admitted	ccomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	She					sadly property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	she	no food					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 2

She quickly agreed to serve him at once

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 agreed	nsubj
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 agreed	advmod
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 serve	mark
5	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agreed	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 serve	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	She					quickly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	serve not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She calmly insisted that he must have patience

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 insisted	nsubj
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	3 insisted	advmod
3	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 have	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 insisted	ccomp
8	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	She					calmly property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	must	he	patience					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Patient

Option 4

She angrily ordered him to leave

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 ordered	nsubj
2	angrily	angrily	ADV	_	3 ordered	advmod
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ordered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	She		him = he			angrily property	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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