Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wick…

By what means was the prophecy concerning the maternal grandfather ultimately fulfilled?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: prophecy · What happens: mean, be, concern, fulfil · To what, where: prophecy, maternal grandfather

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 prophecy	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 prophecy	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prophecy	det
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 prophecy	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grandfather	det
9	maternal	maternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grandfather	amod
10	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
11	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	12 fulfilled	advmod
12	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 grandfather	acl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 prophecy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the prophecy		tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the prophecy not said here	the maternal grandfather		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grandfather=Experiencer
4	fulfil	participle		the maternal grandfather not said here	ultimately property	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 · ✓ the right answer

By a quoit thrown accidentally by the hero

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 quoit	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quoit	det
3	quoit	quoit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 quoit	acl
5	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	4 thrown	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 hero	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hero	det
8	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle		a quoit not said here				by the hero; accidentally property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by hero=Destination

Option 2

By a quoit thrown accidentally by the hero during the games in the court of the grandfather

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 quoit	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quoit	det
3	quoit	quoit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 quoit	acl
5	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	4 thrown	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 hero	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hero	det
8	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 games	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 games	det
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thrown	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 court	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 court	det
14	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 games	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 grandfather	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 grandfather	det
17	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle		a quoit not said here			during the games in the court of the grandfather	by the hero; accidentally property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by hero=Destination

Option 3

By an arrow shot by the king's own guard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 arrow	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arrow	det
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arrow	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	10 guard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guard	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 guard	amod
10	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	participle		a arrow not said here				by the king's own guard	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by guard=Destination

Option 4

By the hero's careless throw of a heavy quoit during the public games held at Larissa

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 throw	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hero	det
3	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 hero	case
5	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 throw	amod
6	throw	throw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 quoit	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 quoit	det
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quoit	amod
10	quoit	quoit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	nmod
11	during	during	ADP	_	14 games	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 games	det
13	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 games	amod
14	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throw	nmod
15	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 games	acl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 Larissa	case
17	Larissa	Larissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		the public games not said here		Larissa			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at larissa=Location
2	throw		the hero	a heavy quoit			during the public games		nom throw «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient during=obl

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