Exam question 1 · Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls…

In what manner did the sea-king propel the old woman back to her island?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sea king · What happens: propel · To what, where: old woman

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1315 «Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls save a worm, get lost in a burnt wood, and are fed by magic» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 propel	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 king	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sea	punct
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 propel	nsubj
9	propel	propel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woman	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 woman	amod
12	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 propel	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	9 propel	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 island	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 island	nmod:poss
16	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 back	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 propel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propel	past · do-support	the sea king	the old woman					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

By playing the fiddle with a quick tune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 playing	mark
2	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fiddle	det
4	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 playing	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 tune	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tune	det
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tune	amod
8	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		the fiddle				with a quick tune	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme with tune=Co-Agent

Option 2

By blowing upon the fiddle with a forceful puff and a long shout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 blowing	mark
2	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 fiddle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fiddle	det
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 puff	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 puff	det
8	forceful	forceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 puff	amod
9	puff	puff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shout	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 shout	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shout	amod
13	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 puff	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund						upon the fiddle; with a forceful puff and a long shout	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with puff=Theme

Option 3

By sending a sudden gust of wind from the sea upon the boat, which carried her home at once

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gust	det
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gust	amod
5	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wind	case
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gust	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 boat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boat	det
13	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 carried	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 carried	nsubj
16	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 boat	acl:relcl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 home	nmod:poss
18	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carried	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 once	case
20	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		a sudden gust of wind		the sea		upon the boat	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent gust=Theme from sea=Initial_Location
2	carry	past	the boat	her home					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By blowing upon the fiddle with a forceful puff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 blowing	mark
2	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 fiddle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fiddle	det
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 puff	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 puff	det
8	forceful	forceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 puff	amod
9	puff	puff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund						upon the fiddle; with a forceful puff	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with puff=Theme

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