Exam question 3 · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…

Explain why the queen, unlike the king, refused to accept the young man as her son.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, queen · What happens: explain, refuse, not accept · To what, where: young man

This is exam question 3 of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 refused	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 refused	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 king	punct
6	unlike	unlike	ADP	_	8 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 queen	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 king	punct
10	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 accept	mark
12	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 refused	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accept	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 son	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 son	nmod:poss
18	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accept	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	refuse	past	the queen			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not accept	to-infinitive	the queen not said here	the young man	as queen's son	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent man=Theme as son=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

She saw through him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She					through him = he	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

She had doubts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	doubts	doubt	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	doubts					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient

Option 3

Her memory of her son's face was clear, and this young man bore none of his features at all.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 memory	nmod:poss
2	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clear	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 face	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 son	nmod:poss
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 face	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 son	case
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 memory	nmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 clear	cop
9	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bore	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bore	cc
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 man	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 man	amod
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bore	nsubj
15	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 clear	conj
16	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	15 bore	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 features	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 features	nmod:poss
19	features	feature	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 none	nmod
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 bore	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 clear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her memory of her son's face			clear property	tree rules
2	bear	past	this young man	none	all		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient
3	feature		man				nom feature «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

She had seen her son in dreams, and the young man did not resemble the face shown to her.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 son	nmod:poss
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 dreams	case
7	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 resemble	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 resemble	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resemble	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 resemble	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 resemble	advmod
15	resemble	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seen	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 face	det
17	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resemble	obj
18	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 resemble	xcomp
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 her	case
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 shown	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	She	her son		dreams	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus
2	not resemble	past · do-support	the young man	the face			tree rules
3	show	participle	the young man not said here		her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

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