Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat…

What does the text indicate regarding the Prince's conduct on arriving at the castle gate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: text, conduct, Prince · What happens: indicate, regard, arrive, conduct · To what, where: castle gate

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 indicate	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 indicate	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indicate	nsubj
5	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Prince	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indicate	obl
11	on	on	SCONJ	_	12 arriving	mark
12	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 conduct	acl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 gate	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
15	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gate	compound
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arriving	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	indicate	present · do-support	the text		regard the Prince's conduct	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Topic
2	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	arrive	gerund	the Prince's conduct not said here	the castle gate		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	conduct		the Prince			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

He asked the bats for guidance

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bats	det
4	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 guidance	case
6	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	the bats				for guidance	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bat=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He struck the bell without the least hesitation

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	8 hesitation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hesitation	det
7	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 hesitation	amod
8	hesitation	hesitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	the bell				without the least hesitation	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient

Option 3

He turned back at the gate in fear

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 fear	case
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	past	He			the gate		in fear	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He wept quietly beside the moat

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 wept	advmod
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 moat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moat	det
6	moat	moat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He			the moat		quietly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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