Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disgu…

In what manner did the eldest brother describe the transformation of the princes at the setting of the sun?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, describe, transform · To what, where: eldest brother, manner, transformation, princes

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	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 brother	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 transformation	det
10	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describe	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 princes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princes	det
13	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 transformation	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 setting	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 setting	det
16	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 princes	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 sun	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sun	det
19	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 setting	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	the eldest brother	what manner	tree rules
2	describe	infinitive	the transformation of the princes at the setting of the sun		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent transformation=Theme
3	transform		the princes at the setting of the sun		nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient

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 turn back into men

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	2 turn	nsubj
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turn	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 men	case
5	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	present	They					into men	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They sleep under the water

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	2 sleep	nsubj
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	They			the water			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They recover their human shape once the sun sinks behind the hills

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	2 recover	nsubj
2	recover	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shape	nmod:poss
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shape	amod
5	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recover	obj
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 sinks	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun	det
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sinks	nsubj
9	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 recover	advcl
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 hills	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	present	They	their human shape					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme
2	sink	present	the sun			the hills			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They recover their human shape once the sun sinks behind the hills and the sky turns dark blue above the far fields

The tree, 22 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	2 recover	nsubj
2	recover	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shape	nmod:poss
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shape	amod
5	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recover	obj
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 sinks	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun	det
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sinks	nsubj
9	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 recover	advcl
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 hills	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sinks	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 turns	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sky	det
15	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turns	nsubj
16	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sinks	conj
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 blue	amod
18	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 turns	xcomp
19	above	above	ADP	_	22 fields	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fields	det
21	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 fields	amod
22	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	recover	present	They	their human shape			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme
2	sink	present	the sun		the hills		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	turn	present	the sky		the far fields	blue property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme above field=Trajectory

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