Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride…

What was the fate of the crystal chair when the Princess touched it in the presence of the King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: be, touch · To what, where: fate, chair, presence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1454 «Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride, then three maidens and a raven's message» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 chair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chair	det
7	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chair	amod
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fate	nmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 touched	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 touched	nsubj
12	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fate	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touched	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 presence	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 presence	det
16	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 touched	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 King	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 King	det
19	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 presence	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the fate				of the crystal chair	tree rules
2	touch	past	the Princess	chair		the presence of the King			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

It shattered into a thousand splinters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shattered	nsubj
2	shattered	shatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 splinters	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thousand	det
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 splinters	nummod
6	splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shattered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shattered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	past	It					into thousand splinters result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into splinter=Result

Option 2

It dissolved slowly into clear water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dissolved	nsubj
2	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 dissolved	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolved	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dissolved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	participle	It					into clear water result; slowly property	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into water=Result

Option 3

It shattered into a thousand splinters across the marble floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shattered	nsubj
2	shattered	shatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 splinters	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thousand	det
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 splinters	nummod
6	splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shattered	obl
7	across	across	ADP	_	10 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
9	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 floor	compound
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shattered	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shattered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	past	It					into thousand splinters result; across the marble floor	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into splinter=Result

Option 4

It shattered into a thousand tiny splinters that scattered over the King's feet.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shattered	nsubj
2	shattered	shatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	7 splinters	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thousand	det
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 splinters	nummod
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 splinters	amod
7	splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shattered	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 scattered	nsubj
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 splinters	acl:relcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	14 feet	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 feet	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 King	case
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 scattered	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shattered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	past	It					into thousand tiny splinters result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into splinter=Result
2	scatter	past	thousand tiny splinters			the King's feet			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over foot=Destination

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