Exam question 3 · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…

In which manner did the lion instruct the prince to summon transformation upon need?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lion · What happens: do, instruct, summon · To what, where: manner, prince, transformation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 instruct	nsubj
7	instruct	instruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 instruct	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 summon	mark
11	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 instruct	advcl
12	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 summon	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 need	case
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 transformation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past				which manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	instruct speech: other	infinitive	the lion		the prince			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient
3	summon	to-infinitive	the lion not said here	transformation			upon need	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transformation=Recipient

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

By rubbing the lion's ear and wishing hard for the change to happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 rubbing	mark
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ear	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 lion	case
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wishing	cc
8	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rubbing	conj
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 wishing	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 change	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 change	det
12	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wishing	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 happen	mark
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rubbing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund	the lion's ear		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	wish	gerund		for the change; hard property	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for change=Theme
3	happen	to-infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By wishing himself a lion, the lion said, whenever danger came near him

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wishing	mark
2	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	advcl
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wishing	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lion	det
5	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wishing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wishing	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct
11	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 came	advmod
12	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
14	near	near	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund	the lion not said here	himself = he		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the lion			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come	past	danger		near lion; whenever property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location

Option 3

By rubbing the lion's paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 rubbing	mark
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paw	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 lion	case
6	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		the lion's paw					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By wishing himself a lion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wishing	mark
2	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wishing	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lion	det
5	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wishing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund		himself = he					tree rules

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