Exam question 2 · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…

Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the Prince's Parliament did not express anger at him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Parliament	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Prince	case
12	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 express	advmod
15	express	express	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 anger	amod
16	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 did	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the reason the Prince's Parliament				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

They feared the consequences of displeasing the Prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequences	det
4	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feared	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 displeasing	mark
6	displeasing	displease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 consequences	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 displeasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	They	the consequences					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer consequence=Stimulus
2	displease	gerund	the consequences not said here	the Prince					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prince=Experiencer

Option 2

They supported the Prince in his decision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 supported	nsubj
2	supported	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Prince	det
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 supported	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 decision	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 decision	nmod:poss
7	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	past	They	the Prince		his decision			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus
2	decide		his = he						nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

They were content with the outcome of the hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 content	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 content	cop
3	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 outcome	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 outcome	det
6	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 content	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hunt	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hunt	det
9	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 outcome	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					with the outcome of the hunt; content property	tree rules

Option 4

They were afraid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 afraid	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					afraid property	tree rules

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