Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

Which of the following accurately describes the fate of the troll-witch at the conclusion of the episode?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, fate, conclude · To what, where: fate, troll witch, episode

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 witch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 witch	det
11	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 witch	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 troll	punct
13	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fate	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 conclusion	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conclusion	det
16	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 witch	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 episode	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 episode	det
19	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conclusion	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of the troll witch at the conclusion of the episode	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the troll witch at the conclusion of the episode		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient
4	conclude		the episode		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 · ← Mova's choice

She was torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses in the palace yard before the King and his whole court

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 torn	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 torn	aux:pass
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 torn	obl
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 four	case
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 torn	obl
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 four	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 horses	cc
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 and	punct
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 horses	nummod
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 four	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 yard	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 yard	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 yard	compound
16	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 horses	nmod
17	before	before	ADP	_	19 King	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 King	det
19	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 torn	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 court	cc
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 court	nmod:poss
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 court	amod
23	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 King	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	past · passive		She		pieces	before the King and his whole court	between four and twenty horses in the palace yard	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 torn	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 torn	aux:pass
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 torn	obl
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 four	case
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 horses	nummod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 four	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 twenty	cc
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 and	punct
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 four	conj
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 torn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	past · passive		She		pieces		four horses obl	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

She was torn in pieces by four-and-twenty horses after the wedding, and her gilded cottage was burned down to the ground

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 torn	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 torn	aux:pass
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 torn	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 four	case
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 torn	obl
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 four	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 horses	cc
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 and	punct
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 horses	nummod
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 four	conj
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 wedding	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wedding	det
15	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 horses	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 burned	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 burned	cc
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 cottage	nmod:poss
19	gilded	gild	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 cottage	amod
20	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 burned	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 burned	aux:pass
22	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 torn	parataxis
23	down	down	ADP	_	22 burned	compound:prt
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 ground	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 ground	det
26	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tear	past · passive	She	pieces	by four and twenty horses after the wedding	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	gild	participle				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	burn down	past · passive	her gilded cottage		to the ground	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 4

She was shut away in the gilded cottage for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shut	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shut	aux:pass
3	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 shut	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 cottage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cottage	det
7	gilded	gild	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cottage	amod
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shut	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 shut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut away	past · passive		She		the gilded cottage		away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	gild	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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