Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the cas…

With reference to the text, what was the principal consequence of the witch's death?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text, witch · What happens: be, die · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 text	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 consequence	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 consequence	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 consequence	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 consequence	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 consequence	amod
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 text	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 death	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 death	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 witch	case
16	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consequence	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 text	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the text	the principal consequence				of the witch's death	tree rules
2	die		the witch						nom death «event intransitive»: 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 witch's spell broke and the castle fell into a ruined pit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spell	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 witch	case
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
5	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fell	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broke	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 pit	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pit	det
12	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pit	amod
13	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	break	past	the witch's spell		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	fall	past	the castle	into a ruined pit result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into pit=Result
3	ruin	participle			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	spell		the witch		nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The castle fell into ruins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 ruins	case
5	ruins	ruin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the castle					into ruins result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ruin=Result

Option 3

The castle fell into ruins and the dragon was never seen again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 ruins	case
5	ruins	ruin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fell	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 seen	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dragon	det
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seen	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 seen	aux:pass
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 seen	advmod
11	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fell	conj
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the castle					into ruins result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ruin=Result
2	not see	past · passive		the dragon			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

The knight became the new king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the knight	the new king					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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