Exam question 4 · Cossack Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the whip breaks the spell…

Which of the following describes most accurately the condition of the princess at the conclusion of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, condition, conclude · To what, where: condition, princess, narrative

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1134 «Cossack Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the whip breaks the spell and the princess becomes human» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	9 condition	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 princess	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 condition	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conclusion	det
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 princess	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 narrative	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrative	det
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the condition of the princess at the conclusion of the narrative	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	condition		the princess at the conclusion of the narrative	nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient
4	conclude		the narrative	nom conclusion «cognition 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

She was returned to human form after the serpent-blood left her

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	3 returned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 returned	aux:pass
3	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 form	case
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 left	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 blood	det
9	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blood	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 serpent	punct
11	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 returned	advcl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past · passive		She		human form			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to form=Destination
2	leave	past	the serpent blood	her = she					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She walked in human guise at the end, having been flicked free of the serpent-blood, and then she went home to her father to celebrate

The tree, 26 words

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 guise	case
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guise	amod
5	guise	guise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flicked	punct
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 flicked	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 flicked	aux:pass
12	flicked	flick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 walked	conj
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 flicked	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 blood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 blood	det
16	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 blood	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 serpent	punct
18	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 free	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 went	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 went	cc
21	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 went	advmod
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 went	nsubj
23	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj
24	home	home	ADV	_	23 went	advmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 father	case
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 father	nmod:poss
27	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 went	obl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 celebrate	mark
29	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 went	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	She	human guise	at the end		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in guise=Trajectory
2	flick	gerund · perfect · passive	She not said here			free property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»
3	go	past	she		then	to her father; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location
4	celebrate	to-infinitive	she not said here				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She stayed a serpent until the whip struck the pig at last

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 serpent	det
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 struck	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 whip	det
7	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	nsubj
8	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pig	det
10	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 last	case
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	She	a serpent					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme serpent=Location
2	strike	past	the whip	the pig		last			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was restored to human guise after the serpent-blood was removed

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	3 restored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 guise	case
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 guise	amod
6	guise	guise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	11 blood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 blood	det
9	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blood	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 serpent	punct
11	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removed	obl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 removed	aux:pass
13	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 guise	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past · passive		She	human guise				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to guise=Recipient
2	remove	past · passive		human guise not said here			after the serpent blood		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»

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