Exam question 3 · Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo di…

Which of the following accurately describes the transformation of the crab in the queen's account?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: follow, describe, transform, account · To what, where: crab

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» 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	8 transformation	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 transformation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 transformation	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 transformation	csubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 transformation	det
8	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 crab	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crab	det
11	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformation	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 account	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 queen	det
14	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 account	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 queen	case
16	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crab	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 transformation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	transform			the crab in the queen's account		nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient
4	account		the queen			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

It turned into a lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 lady	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lady	det
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	It					into a lady result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lady=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It became an old woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woman	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 woman	amod
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	It	a old woman					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It became a mysterious woman dressed in blue and gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woman	det
4	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 woman	amod
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
6	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 woman	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 blue	case
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dressed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gold	cc
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	It	a mysterious woman and gold					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	dress	participle		a mysterious woman and gold not said here		blue			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It became a little old woman in white and crimson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 woman	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 white	case
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 crimson	cc
10	crimson	crimson	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 white	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	It	a little old woman in white					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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