Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…

What, according to the Sheep's own account, caused his transformation into his present form?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: own account, Sheep, account · What happens: accord, cause, account, transform, form · To what, where: transformation, present form

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» 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	11 caused	obj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sheep	det
6	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Sheep	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct
11	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 transformation	nmod:poss
13	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	17 form	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 form	nmod:poss
16	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 form	amod
17	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	cause	past	the Sheep's own account	account's transformation	account's present form	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer what=Theme transformation=Eventuality
3	account		the Sheep			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	transform		account			nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent
5	form		account			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

A wizard's potion after the stag chase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wizard	det
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 potion	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 wizard	case
4	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 chase	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chase	det
7	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chase	compound
8	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 potion	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A witch's curse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curse	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 witch	case
4	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse		a witch						nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A fairy's spell after he fell in a pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fairy	det
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spell	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 fairy	case
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pool	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pool	det
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a fairy's spell			a pool			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pool=Location
2	spell		a fairy						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A fairy's enchantment after he fell into a fiery pit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fairy	det
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enchantment	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 fairy	case
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 pit	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pit	det
10	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pit	amod
11	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a fairy's enchantment					into a fiery pit result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into pit=Result
2	enchant		a fairy						nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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