Exam question 3 · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

By what method did Lyma render the eldest Stalo's food unpalatable?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lyma · What happens: render · To what, where: food

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» 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	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 render	obj
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 render	aux
5	Lyma	Lyma	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 render	nsubj
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Stalo	det
8	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 Stalo	amod
9	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 food	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Stalo	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 render	obj
12	unpalatable	unpalatable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 food	amod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 render	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	past · do-support	Lyma	the eldest Stalo's food					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient food=Theme

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

By raking the logs so that ashes flew into the pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 raking	mark
2	raking	rake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 flew	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 logs	det
4	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 raking	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 flew	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 flew	nsubj
8	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 pot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pot	det
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rake	gerund	ashes not said here	the logs					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent log=Initial_Location
2	fly	past	ashes					into the pot result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pot=Result

Option 2

By burning the bread in the oven and then tossing cinders into the pot when no one was looking

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 burning	mark
2	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bread	det
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burning	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 oven	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oven	det
7	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burning	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tossing	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 tossing	advmod
10	tossing	toss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 burning	conj
11	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tossing	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 pot	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pot	det
14	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tossing	obl
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 looking	mark
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 looking	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 looking	aux
19	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 tossing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	burn	gerund		the bread	the oven		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bread=Theme
2	toss	gerund		cinders	the pot	then	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cinder=Patient into pot=Recipient
3	look	past · progressive	no one				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

By stirring the pot with a dirty spoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 stirring	mark
2	stirring	stir	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pot	det
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stirring	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 spoon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spoon	det
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spoon	amod
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stirring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	gerund		the pot				with a dirty spoon	vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pot=Patient with spoon=Co-Patient

Option 4

By raking the burning logs in the hearth so that ashes flew up and settled into the pot he had been cooking

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 raking	mark
2	raking	rake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 logs	det
4	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 logs	compound
5	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 raking	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hearth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hearth	det
8	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raking	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 flew	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 flew	nsubj
12	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 raking	advcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 flew	compound:prt
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 settled	cc
15	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 flew	conj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 pot	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pot	det
18	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 settled	obl
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 cooking	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 cooking	aux
21	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 cooking	cop
22	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pot	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	rake	gerund		the burning logs	the hearth	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent log=Theme in hearth=Trajectory
2	fly up	past	ashes			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	settle	participle	ashes not said here		the pot and cooking	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past · perfect	he	cooking		tree rules

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