Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the…

By what means did the gnome attempt to pursue the fleeing princess, and what was the result?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, pursue, be · To what, where: gnome attempt, fleeing princess, result · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pursue	mark
9	pursue	pursue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
11	fleeing	fleeing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 princess	compound
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pursue	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 result	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 result	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 result	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 result	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 result	det
18	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the gnome attempt	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
3	pursue	to-infinitive	the fleeing princess	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme
4	is a	past	the result	tree rules

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 hurled a thunderbolt that dissolved into mist and then rained down upon the palace

The tree, 15 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 hurled	nsubj
2	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thunderbolt	det
4	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurled	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 dissolved	nsubj
6	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thunderbolt	acl:relcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 mist	case
8	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dissolved	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rained	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 rained	advmod
11	rained	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hurled	conj
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 rained	advmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	he	a thunderbolt			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunderbolt=Theme
2	dissolve	participle	a thunderbolt			into mist result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into mist=Result
3	rain down	past	he not said here		then	upon the palace; down property	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 2

he sent a flood which washed away the valley

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flood	det
4	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 washed	nsubj
6	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flood	acl:relcl
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 washed	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 valley	det
9	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	a flood					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flood=Theme
2	wash away	past	a flood	the valley				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he hurled a thunderbolt, which dissolved into mist

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 hurled	nsubj
2	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thunderbolt	det
4	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurled	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dissolved	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 dissolved	nsubj
7	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thunderbolt	acl
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 mist	case
9	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dissolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	he	a thunderbolt					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunderbolt=Theme
2	dissolve	participle	a thunderbolt					into mist result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into mist=Result

Option 4

he hurled a thunderbolt, which dissolved into mist over the meadow

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 hurled	nsubj
2	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thunderbolt	det
4	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurled	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dissolved	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 dissolved	nsubj
7	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thunderbolt	acl
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 mist	case
9	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dissolved	obl
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 meadow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 meadow	det
12	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dissolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	he	a thunderbolt					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunderbolt=Theme
2	dissolve	participle	a thunderbolt					into mist result; over the meadow	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into mist=Result

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