Exam question 1 · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the transformation of Prince Darling into a dove?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, transform · To what, where: transformation, dove, Prince Darling

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 transformation	det
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Darling	case
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Darling	compound
12	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 transformation	nmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 dove	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dove	det
15	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the transformation of Prince Darling	a dove	of the following statements; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent transformation=Theme
3	transform		Prince Darling			nom transformation «event 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 was changed by Celia, who wished him into a bird

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 changed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux:pass
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Celia	case
5	Celia	Celia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wished	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 wished	nsubj
8	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Celia	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wished	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 bird	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past · passive	Celia	He					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	wish	past	Celia	Celia				into a bird	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2

He was changed by Suliman, who lost patience with his master

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 changed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux:pass
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Suliman	case
5	Suliman	Suliman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lost	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lost	nsubj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Suliman	acl:relcl
9	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 master	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past · passive	Suliman	He					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	lose	past	Suliman	patience				with Suliman's master	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was changed after a voice declared that a good action brings its reward

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 changed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux:pass
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 declared	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declared	nsubj
7	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 brings	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 action	det
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 action	amod
11	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brings	nsubj
12	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 declared	ccomp
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 reward	nmod:poss
14	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	past · passive		He	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	declare speech: other	past	a voice		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	bring	present	a good action	action's reward	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
4	reward		action		nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He was changed after he bit the hermit and was cursed

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 changed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux:pass
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 bit	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	nsubj
6	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hermit	det
8	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cursed	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cursed	aux:pass
11	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 changed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	past · passive		He	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	bite	past	he	the hermit	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hermit=Patient
3	curse	past · passive			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»

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