Exam question 3 · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

In what manner did the Pig effect his transformation so as to enter the dwelling without disturbing the ladder?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner · What happens: do, enter, disturb, transform · To what, where: Pig effect, dwelling, ladder

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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	SCONJ	_	4 did	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 enter	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 effect	det
6	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effect	compound
7	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 transformation	nmod:poss
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 enter	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 enter	mark
12	to	to	PART	_	13 enter	mark
13	enter	enter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dwelling	det
15	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enter	obj
16	without	without	SCONJ	_	17 disturbing	mark
17	disturbing	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 enter	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ladder	det
19	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disturbing	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 enter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	what manner	the Pig effect	tree rules
2	enter	to-infinitive		the dwelling	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dwelling=Destination
3	disturb	gerund		the ladder	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ladder=Experiencer
4	transform		manner		nom transformation «event 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

He turned into a sparrow and flew in

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 sparrow	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sparrow	det
5	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flew	cc
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He			a sparrow			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sparrow=Trajectory
2	fly in	past	He not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He became a dove and flew into the room

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dove	det
4	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flew	cc
6	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	He	a dove					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	fly	past	He not said here					into the room result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into room=Result

Option 3

He shrank down and crept beneath the door

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 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 shrank	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 crept	cc
5	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink down	past	He					down property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	creep	past	He not said here			the door			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath door=Trajectory

Option 4

He became a dove

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dove	det
4	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	He	a dove					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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