Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds…

What quality of the iron tree is described in the passage, in the form in which it is presented?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe, present · To what, where: quality, passage, form

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1312 «Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds a fish, he is eaten, and his bones grow into a magic tree» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quality	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 described	aux:pass
8	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 passage	det
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 form	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 form	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 form	det
15	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	parataxis
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 which	case
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 presented	obl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 presented	nsubj:pass
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 presented	aux:pass
20	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 form	acl:relcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		what quality of the iron tree		the passage			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	present	present · passive		quality		the form			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Its trunk was iron, its leaves silk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trunk	nmod:poss
2	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 iron	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 iron	cop
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 silk	punct
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 leaves	nmod:poss
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 silk	compound
8	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 iron	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 iron	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Its trunk	iron and leaves silk					tree rules

Option 2

Its trunk was of silver, its leaves of gold, its fruit of iron.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trunk	nmod:poss
2	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silver	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 silver	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 silver	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leaves	punct
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 leaves	nmod:poss
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 silver	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 gold	case
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaves	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fruit	punct
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fruit	nmod:poss
13	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silver	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 iron	case
15	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fruit	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 silver	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its trunk					of silver and trunk's fruit of iron	tree rules

Option 3

Its trunk was of iron.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trunk	nmod:poss
2	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 iron	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 iron	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 iron	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its trunk					of iron	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its trunk was of iron, its leaves of silk, its flowers of gold.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trunk	nmod:poss
2	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 iron	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 iron	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leaves	punct
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 leaves	nmod:poss
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 iron	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 silk	case
10	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaves	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flowers	punct
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 flowers	nmod:poss
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 iron	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 gold	case
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flowers	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 iron	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its trunk					of iron and trunk's leaves of silk and trunk's flowers of gold	tree rules

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