Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…

State the outcome of the princess's application of the herb to the water in the pit, as it bears upon the prince's second fate.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, herb, prince · What happens: state, apply, fate · To what, where: outcome, water, pit

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 application	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 application	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 princess	case
8	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 herb	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 herb	det
11	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 application	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 pit	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pit	det
17	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bears	punct
19	as	as	ADP	_	21 bears	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 bears	nsubj
21	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 State	obl
22	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 fate	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 prince	det
24	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 fate	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 prince	case
26	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	27 fate	amod
27	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bears	nmod
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the princess's application of the herb	the water	the pit	as bears upon the prince's second fate	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic to water=Recipient
2	apply		the herb					nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	fate		the prince					nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent

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

The spell backfired, the pit flooded fully, and the crocodile dragged the prince down below

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spell	det
2	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flooded	nsubj
3	backfired	backfire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spell	acl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 spell	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pit	det
6	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flooded	nsubj
7	flooded	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	fully	fully	ADV	_	7 flooded	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dragged	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dragged	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crocodile	det
12	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dragged	nsubj
13	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flooded	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prince	det
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dragged	obj
16	down	down	ADV	_	13 dragged	advmod
17	below	below	ADV	_	13 dragged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	backfire	participle		the spell not said here		tree rules
2	flood	past	the spell		fully property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	drag down	past	the crocodile	the prince	below, down property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme

Option 2

The water drained away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drained	drain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 water	acl
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 drained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drain away	participle		the water not said here				away property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The charm succeeded, the water remained full, and the prince escaped the crocodile's fate

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 charm	det
2	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 succeeded	nsubj
3	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 remained	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remained	nsubj
7	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 succeeded	conj
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remained	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 escaped	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 escaped	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escaped	nsubj
13	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 succeeded	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 crocodile	det
15	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fate	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 crocodile	case
17	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escaped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	succeed	past	the charm			vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	remain	past	the water		full property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	escape	past	the prince	the crocodile's fate		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fate=Initial_Location
4	fate		the crocodile			nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The charm failed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 charm	det
2	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past	the charm						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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