Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Pr…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youngest brother conducted his reply to the Princess?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youngest brother, brother · What happens: follow, describe, conduct, reply · To what, where: manner, reply

This is exam question 1 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 conducted	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brother	det
12	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 brother	amod
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conducted	nsubj
14	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 reply	nmod:poss
16	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conducted	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 Princess	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Princess	det
19	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conducted	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	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 manner		of the best	tree rules
3	conduct	past	the youngest brother	brother's reply	the manner	to the Princess	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reply=Theme in which=Destination
4	reply		brother				nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

He answered with composure and wit

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 composure	case
4	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wit	cc
6	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composure	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	He					with composure and wit	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He shouted with great anger

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 anger	case
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 anger	amod
5	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He					with great anger	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He spoke in a dull monotone

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 monotone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 monotone	det
5	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 monotone	amod
6	monotone	monotone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He			a dull monotone			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He stayed silent

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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