Exam question 2 · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…

In what manner does the monarch respond to the disappearance of the merchant's youngest daughter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youngest daughter · What happens: do, disappear · To what, where: monarch respond, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 723 «Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl outwits the king and saves her father» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 disappearance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 disappearance	det
10	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 daughter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 merchant	det
13	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 merchant	case
15	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 daughter	amod
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disappearance	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the monarch respond		what manner		to the disappearance of the merchant's youngest daughter	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	disappear		the merchant's youngest daughter						nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 laughs and orders a feast.

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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 orders	cc
4	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughs	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feast	det
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 orders	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	He						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	order	present	He not said here	a feast					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

Option 2

He sends out search parties.

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 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 sends	compound:prt
4	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parties	compound
5	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sends	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	present	He	search parties					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is afflicted with a grave illness, and his life is despaired of

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 afflicted	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afflicted	aux:pass
3	afflicted	afflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 illness	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 illness	det
6	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 illness	amod
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 afflicted	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 despaired	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 despaired	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 life	nmod:poss
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 despaired	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 despaired	aux:pass
13	despaired	despair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 afflicted	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	13 despaired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afflict	present · passive		He				with a grave illness	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	despair	present · passive		his life					tree rules

Option 4

He is unmoved and continues the hunt with some vigour

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 unmoved	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unmoved	cop
3	unmoved	unmoved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 continues	cc
5	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unmoved	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hunt	det
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continues	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 vigour	case
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 vigour	det
10	vigour	vigour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continues	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					unmoved property	tree rules
2	continue	present	He not said here	the hunt				with some vigour	tree rules

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