Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

In what manner does the Prince first demonstrate his regard for Tattercoats before the assembled court?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: manner · What happens: demonstrate, assemble, regard · To what, where: regard

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 demonstrate	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 demonstrate	advmod
8	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 regard	nmod:poss
10	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrate	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 Tattercoats	case
12	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 regard	nmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	16 court	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
15	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 court	amod
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrate	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 demonstrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present · do-support		manner's regard	before the assembled court	for Tattercoats; first property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot regard=Topic
2	assemble	participle					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	regard		manner			for Tattercoats	nom regard «cognition transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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 bows once

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 bows	nsubj
2	bows	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 bows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	He					once property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He kisses her three times in the sight of all the court and the watching King

The tree, 16 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 kisses	nsubj
2	kisses	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kisses	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kisses	obl:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sight	det
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kisses	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 court	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 court	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sight	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 watching	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 watching	det
15	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 court	conj
16	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 watching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	kiss	present	He	her = she	the sight of all court	time	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
2	watch	gerund	He not said here	King			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
3	sight			all court			nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

He bows low before the whole 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	2 bows	nsubj
2	bows	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bows	advmod
4	before	before	ADP	_	7 court	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 court	amod
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	He			the whole court		low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before court=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He kisses her three times in the sight of all

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 kisses	nsubj
2	kisses	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kisses	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kisses	obl:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sight	det
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kisses	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	present	He	her = she		the sight of all	time		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

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