Exam question 3 · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

What was the condition of the king's son prior to his transformation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: be, transform · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 son	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
10	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 transformation	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 prior	fixed
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 transformation	nmod:poss
13	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition				of the king's son; prior king's transformation	tree rules
2	transform		king						nom transformation «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Enchanted by the wicked dwarf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	5 dwarf	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dwarf	det
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dwarf	amod
5	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Enchanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	participle						by the wicked dwarf	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Under a spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 spell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spell	det
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Cursed by a witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 witch	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	participle						by a witch	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Turned into a bear by a wicked dwarf who wanted his kingdom for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 bear	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turned	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 dwarf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dwarf	det
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dwarf	amod
8	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turned	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dwarf	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 kingdom	nmod:poss
12	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 himself	case
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	participle				a bear		by a wicked dwarf	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into bear=Trajectory
2	want	past	a wicked dwarf	dwarf's kingdom				for dwarf	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kingdom=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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