Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magi…
What was the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: function · What happens: be
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 function | det |
| 4 | function | function | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 feathers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 feathers | det |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 feathers | nummod |
| 8 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 function | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bottle | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bottle | det |
| 11 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feathers | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 drops | case |
| 13 | drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 bottle | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops | tree rules |
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
They were to be placed in a bath with the princess to break the magician's power and free her from the swan shape completely
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 placed | aux:pass |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 placed | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 placed | aux:pass |
| 5 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bath | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bath | det |
| 8 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 placed | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 princess | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 princess | det |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bath | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 break | mark |
| 13 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 placed | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 magician | det |
| 15 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 power | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 magician | case |
| 17 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 break | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 free | cc |
| 19 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 placed | conj |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 free | nsubj |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 shape | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 shape | det |
| 23 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 shape | compound |
| 24 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 free | obl |
| 25 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 5 placed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past · passive | They | a bath with the princess | completely property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bath=Destination | |||
| 2 | break | to-infinitive | the magician's power | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Patient |
Option 2
They were to be given to the princess to drink at dawn each day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 given | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 given | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 given | aux:pass |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 princess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 drink | mark |
| 10 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 given | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 dawn | case |
| 12 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 drink | obl |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 drink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | They | the princess | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to princess=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | drink | to-infinitive | dawn; day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They were to be burned to call up the old swan spirit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 burned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 burned | aux:pass |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 burned | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 burned | aux:pass |
| 5 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 call | mark |
| 7 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 burned | advcl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 call | compound:prt |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 spirit | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 spirit | amod |
| 11 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 spirit | compound |
| 12 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 call | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past · passive | They | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call up speech: assert | to-infinitive | the old swan spirit | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They were to be placed in a bath to break the magician's power
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 placed | aux:pass |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 placed | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 placed | aux:pass |
| 5 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bath | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bath | det |
| 8 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 placed | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 break | mark |
| 10 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 placed | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 magician | det |
| 12 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 power | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 magician | case |
| 14 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 break | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past · passive | They | a bath | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bath=Destination | ||||
| 2 | break | to-infinitive | the magician's power | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Patient |
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