Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa…

State the reason for which the Princess rebuked her father in the courtyard.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: rebuke · To what, where: father, courtyard

This is exam question 3 of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 rebuked	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rebuked	nsubj
8	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rebuked	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 courtyard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 courtyard	det
13	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rebuked	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rebuke	past	the Princess	Princess's father		the courtyard		for the reason	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent father=Theme for which=Attribute

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 had scolded her for feeding goldfish

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	3 scolded	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scolded	aux
3	scolded	scold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scolded	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 goldfish	case
6	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goldfish	compound
7	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scolded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past · perfect	He	her = she				for feeding goldfish	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for goldfish=Attribute

Option 2

He had teased her about her cake

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	3 teased	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teased	aux
3	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 teased	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 cake	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cake	nmod:poss
7	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · perfect · passive		He				about her cake	tree rules

Option 3

He had insulted her pet raven

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	3 insulted	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 insulted	aux
3	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 raven	nmod:poss
5	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raven	compound
6	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 insulted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past · perfect · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer raven=Result

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

He had spoken discourteously to her mother

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	3 spoken	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spoken	aux
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	discourteously	discourteously	ADV	_	3 spoken	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past · perfect	He					to her mother; discourteously property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mother=Co-Agent

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