Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the pr…

In what manner does the princess respond to the shadow's account of his shadow's supposed derangement?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shadow, his · What happens: do, suppose, account, shadow, derange · To what, where: princess respond, manner, supposed derangement

This is exam question 3 of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» 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	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 account	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shadow	det
10	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 shadow	case
12	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	18 derangement	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shadow	nmod:poss
15	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 derangement	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 shadow	case
17	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 derangement	amod
18	derangement	derangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		the princess respond	what manner	to the shadow's account of his shadow's supposed derangement	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	suppose	participle					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	account		the shadow	his shadow's supposed derangement			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
4	shadow		his = he				nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent
5	derange		his shadow				nom derangement «state 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

She shows anger and orders his arrest quickly

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 orders	cc
5	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arrest	nmod:poss
7	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 orders	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 orders	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	She	anger		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anger=Recipient
2	order	present	She not said here	his arrest	quickly property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrest=Theme
3	arrest		his = he			nom arrest «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She expresses sympathy and proposes his removal

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 expresses	nsubj
2	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 proposes	cc
5	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 expresses	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 removal	nmod:poss
7	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proposes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	express	present	She	sympathy	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sympathy=Theme
2	propose	present	She not said here	his removal	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent removal=Theme
3	remove		his = he		nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She laughs at 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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	She					at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She mocks his story

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 mocks	nsubj
2	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 story	nmod:poss
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	present	She	his story					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme

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