Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th…

By what means did the Master-maid transform the interior of the old woman's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: maid transform · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 transform	det
6	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maid	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Master	punct
8	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transform	compound
9	transform	transform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 interior	det
11	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 dwelling	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 woman	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 woman	amod
15	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dwelling	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 woman	case
17	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 interior	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the maid transform					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 expending all her silver, which flowed out and covered the whole wood in shining light

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 expending	mark
2	expending	expend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 flowed	advcl
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 silver	det:predet
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 silver	nmod:poss
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expending	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 expending	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 flowed	nsubj
8	flowed	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 flowed	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 covered	cc
11	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 flowed	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wood	amod
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 covered	obj
15	in	in	SCONJ	_	16 shining	mark
16	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 covered	advcl
17	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	expend	gerund	her silver	tree rules
2	flow out	past		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cover	past	the whole wood	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Destination
4	shine	gerund	light	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By expending gold, which overflowed and gilded the hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 expending	mark
2	expending	expend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 gilded	advcl
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expending	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 overflowed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 overflowed	nsubj
6	overflowed	overflow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gold	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gilded	cc
8	gilded	gild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hut	det
10	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gilded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	expend	gerund		gold	tree rules
2	overflow	past	gold		tree rules
3	gild	past		the hut	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent hut=Destination

Option 3

By pouring sea water over the crone so the hut shone like a mirror all round

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pouring	mark
2	pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	compound
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 crone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crone	det
7	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 hut	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hut	det
10	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obl
11	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 hut	acl
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 mirror	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mirror	det
14	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shone	obl
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 round	advmod
16	round	round	ADV	_	2 pouring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		sea water				over the crone; so the hut; round property	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	shine	participle		the hut not said here				like a mirror	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

By burning the wood to heat the iron chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 burning	mark
2	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wood	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burning	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 heat	mark
6	heat	heat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 burning	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chest	det
8	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chest	compound
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund		the wood					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
2	heat	to-infinitive		the iron chest					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chest=Patient

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