Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests…

In what manner was the Princess's apparel described upon her entrance to the palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner · What happens: be, describe · To what, where: apparel

This is exam question 4 of lesson 276 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests a wet visitor with three peas» 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	ADP	_	8 apparel	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 apparel	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 apparel	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 apparel	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Princess	case
8	apparel	apparel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	obl
9	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 entrance	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 entrance	nmod:poss
12	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	what manner			the Princess's apparel			tree rules
2	describe	past						upon Princess's entrance; to the palace	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent to palace=be'

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

Dry and neatly pressed, with lace collar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pressed	cc
3	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	4 pressed	advmod
4	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Dry	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 collar	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 collar	case
7	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 collar	compound
8	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	participle						with lace collar; neatly property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Clinging to her body, sodden with water, and dripping across the marble floor of the great hall

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clinging	cling	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 body	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clinging	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sodden	punct
6	sodden	sodden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 body	amod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sodden	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dripping	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dripping	cc
11	dripping	drip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Clinging	conj
12	across	across	ADP	_	15 floor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 floor	det
14	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 floor	compound
15	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dripping	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 hall	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hall	det
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 hall	amod
19	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 floor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cling	gerund						to her body	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme
2	drip	gerund				the marble floor of the great hall			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across floor=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Clinging to her body, sodden with water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clinging	cling	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sodden	advcl
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 body	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clinging	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Clinging	punct
6	sodden	sodden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sodden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cling	gerund						to her body	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme

Option 4

Clinging to her body, sodden with water and streaked with mud from the road

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clinging	cling	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 body	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clinging	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sodden	punct
6	sodden	sodden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Clinging	parataxis
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sodden	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 streaked	cc
10	streaked	streak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sodden	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 mud	case
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 streaked	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 road	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 road	det
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mud	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cling	gerund						to her body	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme
2	streak	participle						with mud from the road	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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