Exam question 1 · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket…

With reference to the passage, what is the principal characteristic of the Rocket's conduct towards the Duck?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage · What happens: be, conduct · To what, where: principal characteristic, Rocket

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 characteristic	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 characteristic	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 characteristic	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 characteristic	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 characteristic	amod
11	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 conduct	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rocket	det
14	Rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Rocket	case
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 characteristic	nmod
17	towards	towards	ADP	_	19 Duck	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Duck	det
19	Duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 characteristic	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the passage and the principal characteristic	the principal characteristic				of the Rocket's conduct; towards the Duck	tree rules
2	conduct			the Rocket					nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=patient

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

He keeps a patronising, boastful manner throughout

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 manner	det
4	patronising	patronis	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 manner	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 patronising	punct
6	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manner	amod
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He	a patronising boastful manner					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	patronis	gerund							tree rules

Option 2

He is rude and proud

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	3 rude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 proud	cc
5	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rude	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					rude property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Option 3

He shows a proud and sneering manner to her

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 manner	det
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manner	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sneering	cc
6	sneering	sneer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 proud	conj
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	He	a proud manner	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent manner=Topic to she=Recipient
2	sneer	gerund	He not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He displays a haughty and condescending disposition

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 displays	nsubj
2	displays	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 disposition	det
4	haughty	haughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 disposition	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 condescending	cc
6	condescending	condescending	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 haughty	conj
7	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	present	He	a haughty disposition					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disposition=Theme

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