Exam question 4 · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…

State the principal consequence of the waiting-maid's plan upon the young king.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: waiting maid · What happens: plan

This is exam question 4 of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	11 plan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maid	det
7	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maid	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 waiting	punct
9	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 maid	case
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 king	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 king	amod
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan		the waiting maid					upon the young king	nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 begged the maid to stop her strange tricks now.

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tricks	nmod:poss
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tricks	amod
9	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stop	obj
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 stop	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 begged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He		the maid		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent maid=Recipient
2	stop	to-infinitive	He not said here	maid's strange tricks		now	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality trick=Eventuality
3	trick		maid				nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He finally cried out that he now knew what shuddering was.

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 cried	nsubj
2	finally	finally	ADV	_	3 cried	advmod
3	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 cried	compound:prt
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 knew	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 knew	nsubj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 knew	advmod
8	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cried	advcl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 knew	ccomp
10	shuddering	shuddering	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 what	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 what	cop
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	past	He		finally property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	know	past	he	now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	shuddering			tree rules

Option 3

He ran out of the room shouting for help at once.

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 room	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
7	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ran	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouting	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 shouting	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He			the room			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out room=Trajectory
2	shout speech: express	gerund	He not said here					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 4

He cried that he finally felt fear now.

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 felt	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 felt	nsubj
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 felt	advmod
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	advcl
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 felt	obj
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 felt	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	past	he	fear			now	finally property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme

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