Exam question 3 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

Which action of Queen Metanira is presented as the immediate cause of the nurse's displeasure and departure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Metanira, nurse · What happens: present, act, cause, displease · To what, where: action, displeasure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presented	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Metanira	case
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Metanira	nmod:desc
5	Metanira	Metanira	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 presented	aux:pass
7	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 cause	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cause	det
10	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cause	amod
11	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presented	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 displeasure	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 nurse	det
14	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 displeasure	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 nurse	case
16	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cause	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 departure	cc
18	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 displeasure	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 presented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	present	present · passive		which action of Metanira Queen	as the immediate cause of the nurse's displeasure and departure	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	act		Metanira Queen			nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	cause			the nurse's displeasure and departure		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	displease		the nurse			nom displeasure «feeling 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

Her secret watching from the chamber to see the nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 secret	nmod:poss
2	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watching	nsubj
3	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 chamber	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chamber	det
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watching	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 watching	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nurse	det
10	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund	Her secret			the chamber			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	Her secret not said here	the nurse					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nurse=Stimulus

Option 2

Her refusal to let the nurse bathe the prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bathe	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 let	mark
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nurse	det
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
7	bathe	bathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bathe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	let	to-infinitive	Her refusal not said here	the nurse		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme
2	bathe	present	Her refusal		the prince	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prince=Destination
3	refuse		Her = she			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her concealment in the sleeping chamber in order to observe the nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 concealment	nmod:poss
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observe	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 chamber	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chamber	det
5	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chamber	amod
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chamber	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 observe	mark
10	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nurse	det
12	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	to-infinitive	Her concealment in the sleeping chamber in order	the nurse					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nurse=Topic
2	conceal		Her = she			the sleeping chamber in order			nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place

Option 4

Her hiding to spy on the nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hiding	nmod:poss
2	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spy	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 spy	mark
4	spy	spy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 nurse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nurse	det
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spy	to-infinitive	Her hiding			the nurse			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	hide		Her = she						nom hiding «act transitive»: poss=agent

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