Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…

Which of the following accurately describes the fate of the messengers dispatched by the princess?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch, fate · To what, where: fate, messengers

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 messengers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 messengers	det
11	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fate	nmod
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 messengers	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 princess	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princess	det
15	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of the messengers	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	dispatch	participle	the messengers not said here	by the princess	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	fate		the messengers		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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

Both arrived safely at Ratibor's court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 arrived	cc:preconj
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	safely	safely	ADV	_	2 arrived	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 court	case
5	Ratibor	Ratibor	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 court	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Ratibor	case
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past				Ratibor's court		safely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both were consumed by birds on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 birds	case
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consumed	obl:agent
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	birds	Both		the road			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 3

Both were caught by goblins on the road and taken back to the gnome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 goblins	case
5	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goblins	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 taken	cc
10	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 caught	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 taken	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 gnome	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gnome	det
14	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	goblins on the road	Both					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	take back	participle	goblins on the road not said here					to the gnome result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to gnome=Result

Option 4

Both were consumed by birds on the road, though the bee had nearly reached the eastern kingdom at last

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 birds	case
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consumed	obl:agent
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 birds	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 reached	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 reached	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bee	det
12	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reached	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 reached	aux
14	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	15 reached	advmod
15	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consumed	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 kingdom	det
17	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 kingdom	amod
18	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reached	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 last	case
20	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	birds on the road	Both					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	reach	past · perfect · passive		the bee		last		nearly property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary kingdom=Theme

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