Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the manner in which Gilguerillo prepared the balsam for the king?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gilguerillo · What happens: follow, describe, prepare · To what, where: manner, balsam

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 prepared	obl
12	Gilguerillo	Gilguerillo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 prepared	nsubj
13	prepared	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 balsam	det
15	balsam	balsam	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prepared	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 king	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prepared	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		of the following statements; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	prepare	past	Gilguerillo	the balsam	the manner	for the king	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent balsam=Product for king=Beneficiary

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

He boiled the herbs in water and spread the resulting syrup to dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 boiled	nsubj
2	boiled	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herbs	det
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boiled	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boiled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spread	cc
8	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 boiled	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 syrup	det
10	resulting	result	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 syrup	amod
11	syrup	syrup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spread	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 dry	mark
13	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 spread	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boil	past	He	the herbs	in water	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent herb=Patient in water=Instrument
2	spread	past	He not said here	the resulting syrup		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location syrup=Theme
3	result	gerund				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	dry	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He soaked the herbs in vinegar and let the mixture settle in the sun for days

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 soaked	nsubj
2	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herbs	det
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 soaked	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 vinegar	case
6	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soaked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 soaked	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 settle	det
10	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 settle	compound
11	settle	settle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 days	case
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 soaked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	participle	He	the herbs			day	in vinegar	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent herb=Destination in vinegar=Theme
2	let	infinitive	He not said here	the mixture settle		the sun			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent settle=Theme

Option 3

He crushed the leaves in oil and left the mixture to cool in a bowl

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crushed	nsubj
2	crushed	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leaves	det
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crushed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 oil	case
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crushed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crushed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mixture	det
10	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 cool	mark
12	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 left	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 bowl	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bowl	det
15	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cool	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	crush	past	He	the leaves	oil	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
2	leave	past	He not said here	the mixture		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mixture=Theme
3	cool	to-infinitive	He not said here		a bowl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He burned the herbs over a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herbs	det
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 burned	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	He	the herbs		a fire			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent herb=Theme

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