Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wick…

What was the immediate consequence for the King upon the revelation of the Terrible Head?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, reveal · To what, where: immediate consequence, Terrible Head

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1458 «Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wicked King to stone» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 revelation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 revelation	det
11	revelation	revelation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Head	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Head	det
14	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Head	amod
15	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 revelation	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence				for the King; upon the revelation of the Terrible Head	tree rules
2	reveal			the Terrible Head					nom revelation «communication 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

He fell to the floor dead

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	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	He					to the floor; dead property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme

Option 2

He was instantly transformed into a stone statue that stood in his hall forever

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	4 transformed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transformed	aux:pass
3	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	4 transformed	advmod
4	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 statue	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 statue	det
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 statue	compound
8	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transformed	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stood	nsubj
10	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 statue	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hall	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hall	nmod:poss
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stood	obl
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	10 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		He				into a stone statue result; instantly property	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into statue=Result
2	stand	past	a stone statue			his hall		forever property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was transformed into stone

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 transformed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 stone	case
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		He				into stone result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into stone=Result

Option 4

He was turned to gold

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 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		He		gold			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to gold=Trajectory

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