Exam question 1 · pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his…

In the given passage, state which magical transformation the gnome performs upon the brook-side lawn, and identify the purpose for which he performs it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: given passage, gnome · What happens: give, transformation, perform, identify · To what, where: given passage, purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1250 «pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his guest underground, and she gets her playmate back with a turnip» 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	_	4 passage	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 passage	amod
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 performs	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 state	punct
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 transformation	nsubj
8	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 transformation	amod
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gnome	det
11	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 performs	nsubj
12	performs	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 lawn	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lawn	det
15	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 side	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 brook	punct
17	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lawn	compound
18	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 performs	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 identify	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 identify	cc
21	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 performs	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 purpose	det
23	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 identify	obj
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 which	case
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 performs	obl
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 performs	nsubj
27	performs	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 purpose	acl:relcl
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 performs	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 performs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	transformation		the given passage and state and magical transformation				tree rules
3	perform	present	the gnome		the given passage and state and magical transformation	upon the side lawn	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	identify	infinitive	the gnome not said here	the purpose			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
5	perform	present	gnome	purpose		for the purpose	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for which=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

He makes the lawn green, so the maidens can rest

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lawn	det
4	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rest	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 rest	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maidens	det
9	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rest	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 rest	aux
11	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	He	the lawn				green property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Product
2	rest	can	the maidens						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He transforms the red rocks into white marble and alabaster, in order to lure the king's hunting party into a trap

The tree, 22 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 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rocks	amod
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 transforms	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 marble	case
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 marble	amod
8	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 alabaster	cc
10	alabaster	alabaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marble	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lure	punct
12	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 lure	mark
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 in	fixed
14	to	to	PART	_	15 lure	mark
15	lure	lure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 transforms	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 party	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 king	case
19	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 party	compound
20	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lure	obj
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 trap	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 trap	det
23	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present	He	the red rocks				into white marble and alabaster result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent rock=Patient into marble=Result
2	lure	to-infinitive	He not said here	the king's hunting party				into a trap result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent party=Patient into trap=Result

Option 3

He turns the rocks into gold, to dazzle the king

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rocks	det
4	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turns	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dazzle	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 dazzle	mark
9	dazzle	dazzle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 turns	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dazzle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	He	the rocks		gold			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rock=Theme into gold=Trajectory
2	dazzle	to-infinitive	He not said here	the king					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He transforms the red rocks into white marble and alabaster, in order to make an enchanted bower for the maidens

The tree, 20 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 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rocks	amod
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 transforms	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 marble	case
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 marble	amod
8	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 alabaster	cc
10	alabaster	alabaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marble	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 make	punct
12	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 make	mark
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 in	fixed
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 transforms	conj
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bower	det
17	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 bower	amod
18	bower	bower	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 maidens	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 maidens	det
21	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	transform	present	He	the red rocks	into white marble and alabaster result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent rock=Patient into marble=Result
2	make	to-infinitive	He not said here	a enchanted bower	for the maidens	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent bower=Product for maiden=Asset
3	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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