Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disgu…

By which substance did the wicked queen alter the complexion of the princess, and what was the effect upon her appearance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, be · To what, where: wicked queen, effect

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1021 «Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disguised, wanders the forest and shore, and meets her swan brothers at sunset» 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	ADP	_	3 substance	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 substance	det
3	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	alter	alter	ADP	_	10 complexion	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 complexion	det
10	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 princess	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princess	det
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 complexion	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 effect	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 effect	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 effect	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 effect	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 effect	det
19	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	parataxis
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 appearance	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 appearance	nmod:poss
22	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 effect	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the wicked queen				by which substance; alter the complexion of the princess	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality
2	is a	past		the effect				upon princess's appearance	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

Berry-juice, turning her face bright red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Berry	Berry	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 juice	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Berry	punct
3	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turning	punct
5	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 juice	acl
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turning	obj
8	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 red	amod
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turning	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund	Berry juice not said here	her face				red property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Walnut-juice, rendering her face brown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 juice	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Walnut	punct
3	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rendering	punct
5	rendering	render	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 juice	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendering	obj
8	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rendering	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	gerund		her face				brown property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme

Option 3

Walnut-juice mixed with ointment, rendering her face brown and her hair stained

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 juice	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 juice	punct
3	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 juice	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 ointment	case
6	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mixed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rendering	punct
8	rendering	render	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 juice	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rendering	obj
11	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stained	compound
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hair	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hair	nmod:poss
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brown	conj
15	stained	stain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 rendering	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mix	participle	Walnut juice not said here	with ointment	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with ointment=Co-Patient
2	render	gerund	her face		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme
3	stain	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Walnut-juice, which rendered her face brown and ugly for many days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 juice	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Walnut	punct
3	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rendered	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rendered	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 rendered	nsubj
6	rendered	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rendered	obj
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rendered	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ugly	cc
11	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brown	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 days	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 days	amod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	past	Walnut juice	her face			day	brown property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme

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