Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56…

With reference to the text, identify the means by which Bellah transported herself to the Leap of the Deer, and state the transformation effected upon the animal.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the, Bellah, transformation · What happens: identify, mean, transport, state, affect, leap · To what, where: Bellah, Leap, Deer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the fairy into a toad» 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	7 identify	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	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 identify	ccomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 transported	obl
12	Bellah	Bellah	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 transported	nsubj
13	transported	transport	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 means	ccomp
14	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 transported	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 Leap	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Leap	det
17	Leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 transported	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Deer	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Deer	det
20	Deer	Deer	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Leap	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 state	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 state	cc
23	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 identify	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 transformation	det
25	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 effected	nsubj
26	effected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 state	ccomp
27	upon	upon	ADP	_	29 animal	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 animal	det
29	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 effected	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			with reference to the text	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	transport	past	Bellah	Bellah	the Leap of the Deer		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme to leap=Destination
4	state speech: other	infinitive	you not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	affect	past	the transformation			upon the animal	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	leap			the Deer			nom leap «act transitive»: of=patient

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

A winged chariot pulled by two stallions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chariot	det
2	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chariot	amod
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chariot	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 stallions	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 stallions	nummod
7	stallions	stallion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulled	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wing	participle							vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	pull	participle		a winged chariot not said here					vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A golden coach that became a swan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 coach	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coach	amod
3	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 became	nsubj
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 coach	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 swan	det
7	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	a golden coach	a swan					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A magic stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stick	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stick	amod
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A magic horse that became a great bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 became	nsubj
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 horse	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bird	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	a magic horse	a great bird					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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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