Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud…

By what means did the wicked queen intend to harm Eliza?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, intend, harm · To what, where: wicked queen, Eliza · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 intend	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 queen	amod
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	intend	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 harm	mark
10	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 intend	xcomp
11	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 harm	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 intend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the wicked queen	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality
3	intend	present		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	harm not said to happen	to-infinitive	Eliza	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eliza=Experiencer

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

By feeding her a bitter potion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 feeding	mark
2	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feeding	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 potion	det
5	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 potion	amod
6	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	gerund		a bitter potion	her = she				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient potion=Theme

Option 2

By placing three toads in the royal bath water to make her ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 placing	mark
2	placing	place	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 toads	nummod
4	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 placing	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
8	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	compound
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placing	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 placing	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 make	obj
13	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	gerund		three toads		the royal bath water			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toad=Theme in water=Destination
2	make	to-infinitive		her = she				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By placing toads in the bath water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 placing	mark
2	placing	place	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 placing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	gerund		toads		the bath water			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toad=Theme in water=Destination

Option 4

By tricking Eliza into bathing in cold marsh water full of toads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tricking	mark
2	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tricking	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 bathing	case
5	bathing	bathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricking	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
8	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	compound
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricking	obl
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 toads	case
12	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	gerund		Eliza				into bathing result; in cold marsh water	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent eliza=Patient into bathing=Result

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