Exam question 2 · Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingal…

In what manner does the Student respond to the rejection of his gift?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: do, reject, gift · To what, where: Student respond, manner, gift

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2034 «Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingale dies singing for a red rose, and the Student throws it away» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	Student	Student	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 rejection	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rejection	det
10	rejection	rejection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 gift	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 gift	nmod:poss
13	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rejection	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		the Student respond	what manner	to the rejection of his gift	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	reject			his gift			nom rejection «act transitive»: of=patient
3	gift		his = he				nom gift «possession 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 gives it to a dog

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 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	He	it	a dog				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dog=Recipient

Option 2

He buries the rose quietly

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 buries	nsubj
2	buries	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rose	det
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buries	obj
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 buries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	present	He	the rose				quietly property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He discards the rose into the gutter

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 discards	nsubj
2	discards	discard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rose	det
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discards	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 gutter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gutter	det
7	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discards	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discard	present	He	the rose		the gutter			vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rose=Theme into gutter=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He throws the rose into the gutter and walks away sadly

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 throws	nsubj
2	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rose	det
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 gutter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gutter	det
7	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 walks	cc
9	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 throws	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 walks	advmod
11	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	9 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	He	the rose				into the gutter result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer rose=Theme into gutter=Result
2	walk away	present	He not said here					away, sadly property	vn resign-10.11-1 «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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