Exam question 2 · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…

In what manner does the wicked Queen meet her end, according to the narrative account of the princes' homecoming?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wicked Queen · What happens: do, meet, accord, account · To what, where: manner, end, homecoming

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Queen	amod
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 meet	nsubj
8	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	ccomp
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 end	nmod:poss
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meet	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 account	punct
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 account	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 account	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 account	compound
16	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 homecoming	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 princes	det
19	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 homecoming	nmod:poss
20	'	's	PART	_	19 princes	case
21	homecoming	homecoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 account	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present			what manner	accord the narrative account of the princes's homecoming	tree rules
2	meet	present	the wicked Queen	Queen's end			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Co-Agent
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	account			the princes's homecoming			nom account «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

She leaps from the battlements and is dashed upon the stones below.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaps	nsubj
2	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 battlements	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battlements	det
5	battlements	battlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leaps	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dashed	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dashed	aux:pass
8	dashed	dash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 leaps	conj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 stones	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stones	det
11	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dashed	obl
12	below	below	ADV	_	11 stones	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 leaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap	present	She			the battlements			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from battlement=Trajectory
2	dash	present · passive	She not said here			the stones			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: upon stone=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She precipitates herself from the tower and is shattered to pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 precipitates	nsubj
2	precipitates	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 precipitates	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitates	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shattered	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shattered	aux:pass
9	shattered	shatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 precipitates	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 pieces	case
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shattered	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 precipitates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	present	She	herself = she		the tower			tree rules
2	shatter	present · passive	She not said here					to pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: to piece=Result

Option 3

She throws herself from the highest window of the tower, and is smashed to pieces on the courtyard stones below.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 throws	nsubj
2	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 throws	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
6	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 window	amod
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 tower	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tower	det
10	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 window	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 smashed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 smashed	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 smashed	aux:pass
14	smashed	smash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 throws	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 pieces	case
16	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 smashed	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	20 stones	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 stones	det
19	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stones	compound
20	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 pieces	nmod
21	below	below	ADV	_	20 stones	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 throws	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	She	herself = she		the highest window of the tower			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from window=Initial_Location
2	smash	present · passive	She not said here					to pieces on the courtyard stones result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: to piece=Result

Option 4

She precipitates herself from the tower in a fit of spite, and is shattered to pieces upon the stones beneath the castle wall.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 precipitates	nsubj
2	precipitates	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 precipitates	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitates	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 fit	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fit	det
9	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tower	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 spite	case
11	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fit	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shattered	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shattered	cc
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 shattered	aux:pass
15	shattered	shatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 precipitates	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 pieces	case
17	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shattered	obl
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 stones	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 stones	det
20	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 pieces	nmod
21	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	24 wall	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wall	det
23	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wall	compound
24	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shattered	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 precipitates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	present	She	herself = she		the tower in a fit of spite			tree rules
2	shatter	present · passive						to pieces upon the stones result; beneath the castle wall	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: to piece=Result

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