Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 39: the prince runs off,…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the princess was restored to her human form at nightfall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: princess · What happens: follow, describe, restore, form · To what, where: manner, princess, human form, nightfall

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1173 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 39: the prince runs off, and the doe becomes a girl each night» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
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 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 restored	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restored	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 restored	aux:pass
14	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 form	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 form	nmod:poss
17	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 form	amod
18	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restored	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 nightfall	case
20	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 form	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	restore	past · passive		the princess	princess's human form at nightfall	the manner		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to form=Recipient
4	form		princess			nightfall		nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 · ✓ the right answer

She resumed her human form upon the onset of darkness, as the fairy Tulip had promised

The tree, 16 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 resumed	nsubj
2	resumed	resume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 form	nmod:poss
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resumed	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 onset	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 onset	det
8	onset	onset	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resumed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 darkness	case
10	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 onset	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fairy	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 fairy	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fairy	det
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resumed	obl
15	Tulip	Tulip	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 promised	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 promised	aux
17	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 fairy	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resume	past	She	her human form	upon the onset of darkness; as the fairy	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	Tulip	the fairy not said here		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme
3	form		her = she			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She was freed by a kiss from the prince, as the fairy Tulip had foretold

The tree, 15 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	3 freed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 freed	aux:pass
3	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 kiss	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kiss	det
6	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 freed	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 prince	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kiss	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fairy	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 fairy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fairy	det
13	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 freed	obl
14	Tulip	Tulip	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 foretold	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 foretold	aux
16	foretold	foretell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 fairy	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past · passive	a kiss from the prince	She				as the fairy	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source
2	foretell	past · perfect	Tulip	the fairy not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme

Option 3

She recovered her human shape at dawn, when the fairy Tulip had decreed it

The tree, 14 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 recovered	nsubj
2	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing 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 recovered	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recovered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 decreed	punct
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 decreed	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fairy	det
11	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 decreed	nsubj:pass
12	Tulip	Tulip	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fairy	appos
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 decreed	aux
14	decreed	decree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 recovered	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 decreed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	past	She	her human shape			dawn		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme
2	decree	past · perfect · passive		the fairy					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme it=Result

Option 4

She regained her form at dawn

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 regained	nsubj
2	regained	regain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 form	nmod:poss
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regained	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regain	past	She	her form			dawn		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	form		her = she						nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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