Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

What is the principal reason the grandfather withdraws from the court?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandfather · What happens: be, withdraw · To what, where: principal reason, court

This is exam question 3 of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» 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 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grandfather	det
7	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdraws	nsubj
8	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdraws	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal reason					tree rules
2	withdraw	present	the grandfather	the principal reason not said here		the court			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme from court=Initial_Location

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 vowed never to look upon his granddaughter's face again, nor enter the hall of kings

The tree, 17 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 vowed	nsubj
2	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 look	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 look	mark
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 vowed	advcl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 face	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 granddaughter	nmod:poss
8	granddaughter	granddaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 face	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 granddaughter	case
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
11	again	again	ADV	_	5 look	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 enter	punct
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	14 enter	cc
14	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 look	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 enter	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 kings	case
18	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	vow	past	He				tree rules
2	not look	to-infinitive	He not said here		again	upon his granddaughter's face	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon face=Theme
3	enter	infinitive	He not said here	the hall of kings			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination

Option 2

He was too proud to dance before the crowded court

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	4 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 proud	advmod
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 dance	mark
6	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 proud	xcomp
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 court	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 court	det
9	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 court	amod
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					proud property	tree rules
2	dance	to-infinitive	He not said here			the crowded court			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before court=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He vowed never to look upon his granddaughter's face

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 vowed	nsubj
2	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 look	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 look	mark
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 vowed	advcl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 face	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 granddaughter	nmod:poss
8	granddaughter	granddaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 face	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 granddaughter	case
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vow	past	He						tree rules
2	not look	to-infinitive	He not said here					upon his granddaughter's face	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon face=Theme

Option 4

He wished to avoid the Prince's loud and tiresome feast

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 avoid	mark
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 avoid	obj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Prince	case
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feast	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tiresome	cc
10	tiresome	tiresome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 loud	conj
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	avoid	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Prince					tree rules

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