Exam question 1 · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

Which of the following describes the Queen's transformation of Bruno's cottage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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	9 transformation	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 transformation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 transformation	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 transformation	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 transformation	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 transformation	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Queen	case
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 cottage	case
11	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 cottage	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Bruno	case
13	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transformation	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 transformation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the Queen's transformation; of Bruno's cottage	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

Bruno's cottage was magically enlarged into a splendid palace filled with gold, silver and jewels, though the stools and straw bed remained behind

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cottage	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Bruno	case
3	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enlarged	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 enlarged	aux:pass
5	magically	magically	ADV	_	6 enlarged	advmod
6	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 palace	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 palace	det
9	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 palace	amod
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enlarged	obl
11	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 palace	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 gold	case
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 filled	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 silver	punct
15	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gold	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 jewels	cc
17	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gold	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 remained	punct
19	though	though	SCONJ	_	25 remained	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 stools	det
21	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 remained	nsubj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 bed	cc
23	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 bed	compound
24	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 stools	conj
25	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 enlarged	conj
26	behind	behind	ADV	_	25 remained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enlarge	past · passive		Bruno's cottage	a splendid palace	magically property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	fill	participle		a splendid palace not said here		with gold and silver and jewels	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gold=Instrument
3	remain	participle	the stools and straw bed			behind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She turned the whole cottage into a palace, keeping the stools, the straw bed and the old fireplace for warmth

The tree, 20 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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cottage	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cottage	amod
5	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keeping	punct
10	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 turned	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stools	det
12	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keeping	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bed	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bed	det
15	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bed	compound
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stools	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fireplace	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fireplace	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 fireplace	amod
20	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stools	conj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 warmth	case
22	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	She	the whole cottage		a palace			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme into palace=Trajectory
2	keep	gerund	She not said here	the stools and the straw bed and the old fireplace				for warmth	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stool=Theme

Option 3

She turned the cottage into a castle, keeping the stools and straw bed

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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cottage	det
4	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keeping	punct
9	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 turned	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stools	det
11	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keeping	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bed	cc
13	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bed	compound
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stools	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	She	the cottage		a castle			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme into castle=Trajectory
2	keep	gerund	She not said here	the stools and straw bed					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stool=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She turned the cottage into a palace, retaining only the stools and straw bed

The tree, 14 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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cottage	det
4	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 retaining	punct
9	retaining	retain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 turned	advcl
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 stools	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stools	det
12	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 retaining	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bed	cc
14	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bed	compound
15	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stools	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	She	the cottage		a palace			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme into palace=Trajectory
2	retain	gerund	She not said here	the stools and straw bed					tree rules

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