Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

Which of the following accurately identifies the penalty imposed upon the sorcerer at the conclusion of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, impose, conclude · To what, where: penalty, narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 penalty	det
8	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 penalty	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 sorcerer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sorcerer	det
12	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 imposed	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conclusion	det
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sorcerer	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 narrative	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrative	det
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the penalty	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme
3	impose	participle	the penalty not said here	upon the sorcerer at the conclusion of the narrative	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	conclude		the narrative		nom conclusion «cognition 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

He was drowned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drowned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drowned	aux:pass
3	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past · passive		He					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was split apart by the mice on the captain's deck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 split	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 split	aux:pass
3	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 split	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mice	det
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 split	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 deck	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 captain	det
10	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deck	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 captain	case
12	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past · passive	the mice	He		the captain's deck		apart property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was broken into as many pieces as there were nuts upon the mule's back

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux:pass
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	3 broken	case
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 pieces	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pieces	amod
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broken	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 were	mark
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 were	expl
10	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	parataxis
11	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 were	nsubj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 back	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mule	det
14	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 back	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 mule	case
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive		He				as many pieces; upon the mule's back	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	be	past	nuts			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was broken apart by the mule and all its heavy nuts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux:pass
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 broken	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mule	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mule	det
7	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 nuts	cc
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 nuts	det:predet
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 nuts	nmod:poss
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nuts	amod
12	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mule	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break apart	past · passive	the mule and its heavy nuts	He				apart property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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