Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle…

How does the narrator describe the transformation of the landscape between the gnome's first and second visits above ground?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrator, gnome · What happens: describe, transform, visit · To what, where: transformation, landscape, ground

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 describe	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 describe	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describe	nsubj
5	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 transformation	det
7	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describe	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 landscape	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 landscape	det
10	landscape	landscape	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 transformation	nmod
11	between	between	ADP	_	18 visits	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gnome	det
13	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 visits	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 gnome	case
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 visits	amod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 second	cc
17	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 first	conj
18	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 landscape	nmod
19	above	above	ADP	_	20 ground	case
20	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 visits	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the narrator	the transformation of the landscape between the gnome's first visits above ground		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent transformation=Theme
2	transform			the landscape between the gnome's first visits above ground		nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient
3	visit		the gnome		ground	nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent above=place

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

New farms replaced the old forests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 farms	amod
2	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 replaced	nsubj
3	replaced	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forests	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 forests	amod
6	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 replaced	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 replaced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	past	New farms	the old forests					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Co-Theme

Option 2

The hills were flattened.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hills	det
2	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flattened	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flattened	aux:pass
4	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past · passive		the hills					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

The dark woods were hewn down and replaced by orchards and cottages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woods	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woods	amod
3	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hewn	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hewn	aux:pass
5	hewn	hewn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 hewn	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 replaced	cc
8	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hewn	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 orchards	case
10	orchards	orchard	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 replaced	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cottages	cc
12	cottages	cottage	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 orchards	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hewn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hewn down	past · passive		the dark woods					tree rules
2	replace	participle						by orchards and cottages	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Trees were planted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 planted	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 planted	aux:pass
3	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · passive		Trees					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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