Exam question 3 · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the attitude that King Alfred displayed toward the vision he experienced during the night?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, be, display, experience · To what, where: attitude, vision

This is exam question 3 of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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	9 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 attitude	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 attitude	det
12	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 displayed	mark
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 displayed	nsubj
15	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 King	flat
16	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 attitude	acl:relcl
17	toward	toward	ADP	_	19 vision	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 vision	det
19	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 displayed	obl
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 experienced	nsubj
21	experienced	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 vision	acl:relcl
22	during	during	ADP	_	24 night	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 night	det
24	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 experienced	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				of the accurate account; of the attitude	tree rules
3	display	past	King	the attitude not said here		toward the vision	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attitude=Theme
4	experience	past	King	the vision not said here	night		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vision=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

He regarded the vision with wonder but without any fear.

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 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vision	det
4	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 wonder	case
6	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 fear	cc
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 fear	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 fear	det
10	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wonder	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 regarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	the vision				with wonder but any fear	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme

Option 2

He ignored the vision completely.

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 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vision	det
4	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	obj
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 ignored	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ignored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	the vision				completely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme

Option 3

He regarded the vision with fear, though he hid it from his men.

The tree, 13 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 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vision	det
4	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 fear	case
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hid	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 hid	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hid	nsubj
10	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 regarded	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hid	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 men	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 men	nmod:poss
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hid	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 regarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	the vision				with fear	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme
2	hide	past	he	vision				from his men	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from man=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He regarded the vision with wonder and no fear, but he decided to tell no one about it for many years.

The tree, 21 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 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vision	det
4	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 wonder	case
6	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fear	cc
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 fear	det
9	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wonder	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 decided	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 decided	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 decided	nsubj
13	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 regarded	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 tell	mark
15	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 decided	xcomp
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tell	obj
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 one	nmod
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 years	case
21	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 years	amod
22	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 tell	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 regarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	the vision		with wonder and no fear	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme
2	decide	past	he				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	no one	year	about fear	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent one=Recipient about it=Topic

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