Exam question 4 · Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lie…

What was the condition of the enchanted head when the old woman first encountered it upon the bridge?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: be, enchant, encounter · To what, where: condition, head

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1234 «Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lies in bed while his mules bring home gold» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
7	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 head	amod
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 encountered	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woman	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 woman	amod
12	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 encountered	nsubj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 encountered	advmod
14	encountered	encounter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 encountered	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 bridge	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bridge	det
18	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 encountered	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition	of the enchanted head	tree rules
2	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	encounter	past	the old woman	head	upon the bridge; first property	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

It spoke to the old woman and asked her to carry it all the way to the sultan's palace

The tree, 20 words

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 woman	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	iobj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 carry	mark
11	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carry	obj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 way	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carry	obl:unmarked
16	to	to	ADP	_	20 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sultan	det
18	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 palace	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 sultan	case
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	It				to the old woman	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to woman=Co-Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past			woman			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive		it		the sultan's palace	all way obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 2

It sang softly to the 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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	softly	softly	ADV	_	2 sang	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 woman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	It		the old woman			softly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to woman=Recipient

Option 3

It had been cut off and placed upon the stones, and it spoke and begged to be taken home at once

The tree, 21 words

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	4 cut	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 cut	aux:pass
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 cut	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 placed	cc
7	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cut	conj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 stones	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stones	det
10	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 placed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 spoke	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 spoke	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spoke	nsubj
14	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 begged	cc
16	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 spoke	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	19 taken	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 taken	aux:pass
19	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 begged	xcomp
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 taken	advmod
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 once	case
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	19 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cut off	past · perfect · passive		It			vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	place	participle			the stones		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon stone=Destination
3	speak speech: other	past	it				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	beg speech: request	past					vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	take not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive				home property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: at once=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It spoke and begged to be taken home

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 begged	cc
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 taken	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 taken	aux:pass
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 begged	xcomp
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 taken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	It		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	beg speech: request	past			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive		home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»

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