Exam question 4 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Hei…

Which of the following accurately describes the queen's conduct at the close of the extract?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, close

This is exam question 4 of lesson 777 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 queen	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 close	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 close	det
13	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 extract	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 extract	det
16	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 close	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the queen's conduct	the close of the extract	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		the queen		the close of the extract		nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 · ✓ the right answer

She weeps alone, overcome with fear and remorse

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 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 weeps	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 overcome	punct
5	overcome	overcome	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	parataxis
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 fear	case
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overcome	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remorse	cc
9	remorse	remorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	present	She					alone property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	overcome	infinitive						with fear and remorse	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She sits silently, eating nothing at all

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 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silently	silently	ADV	_	2 sits	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 eating	punct
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sits	advcl
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 eating	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	She					silently property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund	She not said here	nothing		all			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient

Option 3

She weeps alone, overcome with fear and remorse, while the guests quietly leave the hall around her

The tree, 17 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	2 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 weeps	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 overcome	punct
5	overcome	overcome	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	parataxis
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 fear	case
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overcome	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remorse	cc
9	remorse	remorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fear	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 leave	punct
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 leave	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guests	det
13	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 leave	nsubj
14	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	15 leave	advmod
15	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hall	det
17	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 leave	obj
18	around	around	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	weep	present	She		alone property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	overcome	infinitive			with fear and remorse	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	leave	present	the guests	the hall	around her = she; quietly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hall=Theme around she=Location

Option 4

She weeps alone, overcome with fear and remorse, and then flees the feast entirely

The tree, 14 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	2 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 weeps	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 overcome	punct
5	overcome	overcome	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	parataxis
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 fear	case
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overcome	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remorse	cc
9	remorse	remorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fear	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flees	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flees	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 flees	advmod
13	flees	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feast	det
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flees	obj
16	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	13 flees	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	weep	present	She			alone property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	overcome	infinitive				with fear and remorse	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	flee	present	She not said here	the feast	then	entirely property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Initial_Location

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