Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…

What was the prince's reaction upon first encountering the maiden at the summit of the tree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reaction · What happens: be, encounter · To what, where: reaction, maiden, summit

This is exam question 4 of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 reaction	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reaction	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reaction	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 prince	case
6	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 encountering	mark
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 encountering	advmod
9	encountering	encounter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 reaction	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maiden	det
11	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encountering	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 summit	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 summit	det
14	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encountering	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tree	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tree	det
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 summit	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reaction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the prince's reaction					tree rules
2	encounter	gerund	the prince's reaction not said here	the maiden		the summit of the tree		first property	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=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 · ← Mova's choice

He called out and raised his bow

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 raised	cc
5	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bow	nmod:poss
7	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	past	He						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	raise	past	He not said here	his bow					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was dazzled and lowered his bow

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 dazzled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	aux:pass
3	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lowered	cc
5	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bow	nmod:poss
7	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dazzle	past · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	lower	past		his bow					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme

Option 3

He was so dazzled by the glowing girl that he dropped his bow and fell on his knees in the grass below the tree

The tree, 24 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	4 dazzled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dazzled	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 dazzled	advmod
4	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 girl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
7	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 girl	amod
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dazzled	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 dropped	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dropped	nsubj
11	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dazzled	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 bow	nmod:poss
13	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fell	cc
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dropped	conj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 knees	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 knees	nmod:poss
18	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fell	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 grass	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 grass	det
21	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	obl
22	below	below	ADP	_	24 tree	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 tree	det
24	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dazzle	past · passive	the glowing girl	He			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	glow	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	drop	past	he	his bow			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
4	fall	past	he not said here		his knees	in the grass; below the tree	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location

Option 4

He was dazzled by the light and lowered his bow, then he called out to ask her name politely

The tree, 19 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	3 dazzled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	aux:pass
3	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 light	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dazzled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lowered	cc
8	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bow	nmod:poss
10	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lowered	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 called	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 called	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 called	nsubj
14	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dazzled	parataxis
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 called	compound:prt
16	to	to	PART	_	17 ask	mark
17	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 called	xcomp
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 name	nmod:poss
19	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ask	obj
20	politely	politely	ADV	_	17 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	dazzle	past · passive	the light	He			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	lower	past	the light not said here	his bow			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
3	call out speech: assert	past	he		then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	he not said here	her name		politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
5	name		her = she				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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