Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

What became of the youth's ring of two wishes after it was surrendered by the Queen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: become, surrender · To what, where: ring

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 youth	det
5	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ring	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 youth	case
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 wishes	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 wishes	nummod
10	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ring	nmod
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 surrendered	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 surrendered	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 surrendered	aux:pass
14	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 became	advcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 Queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 surrendered	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past						of the youth's ring of two wishes	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	surrender	past · passive	the Queen	ring					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

She tied it in his hair and departed

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hair	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 departed	cc
8	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tied	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	She	it		his hair			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	depart	participle	She not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She placed it in the Trolls' cave

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 placed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 cave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Trolls	det
6	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cave	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 Trolls	case
8	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	She	it		the Trolls's cave			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cave=Destination

Option 3

She tied it in his hair, and he wore it proudly until the wedding feast

The tree, 15 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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hair	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wore	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wore	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wore	nsubj
10	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wore	obj
12	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	10 wore	advmod
13	until	until	ADP	_	16 feast	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 feast	det
15	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 feast	compound
16	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	She	it		his hair			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	wear	past	he	hair			until the wedding feast	proudly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

She tied it in his hair and then departed for her own land far away

The tree, 15 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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hair	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 departed	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 departed	advmod
9	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 land	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 land	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 land	amod
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 departed	obl
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 away	advmod
15	away	away	ADV	_	9 departed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	She	it		his hair			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	depart	past	She not said here				then	for her own land; away property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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