Exam question 2 · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket…

Which of the following best describes the Rocket's estimation of his own accomplishments as presented in the extract?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: follow, be, present, accomplish · To what, where: own accomplishments, extract

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 estimation	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 estimation	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 estimation	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 estimation	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 estimation	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 estimation	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rocket	det
8	Rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 estimation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Rocket	case
10	estimation	estimation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 accomplishments	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 accomplishments	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 accomplishments	amod
14	accomplishments	accomplishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 estimation	nmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 presented	mark
16	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 accomplishments	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 extract	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 extract	det
19	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 presented	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 estimation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				follow the Rocket's best estimation; of his own accomplishments	tree rules
3	present	participle		his own accomplishments not said here	the extract		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	accomplish		his = he				nom accomplishment «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

He regards them as far superior to any labour performed by the common farmyard birds

The tree, 15 words

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 regards	nsubj
2	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regards	obj
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 far	advmod
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 superior	advmod
6	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 regards	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 labour	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 labour	det
9	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 superior	obl
10	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 labour	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 birds	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 birds	det
13	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 birds	amod
14	farmyard	farmyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 birds	compound
15	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present	He	them = they				superior property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	perform	participle		any labour not said here				by the common farmyard birds	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He regards them as far superior to any labour

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 regards	nsubj
2	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regards	obj
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 far	advmod
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 superior	advmod
6	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 regards	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 labour	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 labour	det
9	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 superior	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present	He	them = they				superior property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

He regards them as far superior to any labour, and expects the whole world to agree with him

The tree, 18 words

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 regards	nsubj
2	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regards	obj
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 far	advmod
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 superior	advmod
6	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 regards	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 labour	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 labour	det
9	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 superior	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 expects	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 expects	cc
12	expects	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 regards	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 world	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 world	amod
15	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expects	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 agree	mark
17	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 expects	xcomp
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	present	He	them = they	superior property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	expect	present	He not said here	the whole world		tree rules
3	agree speech: agree not said to happen	to-infinitive	the whole world not said here		with him = he	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent

Option 4

He thinks they outrank every other task

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 outrank	nsubj
4	outrank	outrank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 task	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 task	amod
7	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outrank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	outrank	present	they	every other task					tree rules

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