Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

According to the passage, which of the following is the effect of a single leaf from the Golden Branch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage · What happens: accord, follow, be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 effect	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 effect	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	12 effect	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 effect	det
9	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 effect	case
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 effect	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 effect	det
12	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 leaf	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 leaf	det
15	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 leaf	amod
16	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 effect	nmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 Branch	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Branch	det
19	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Branch	amod
20	Branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leaf	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the passage and the effect	of the effect; of a single leaf from the Golden Branch	tree rules

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

It turns metal into shining gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 gold	case
5	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 gold	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	metal		shining gold			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent metal=Theme into gold=Trajectory
2	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It makes the bearer rich for ever and cures any illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bearer	det
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 rich	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cures	cc
9	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 illness	det
11	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cures	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the bearer				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bearer=Product
2	cure	present		any illness					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It makes the bearer rich for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bearer	det
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 rich	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the bearer				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bearer=Product

Option 4

It makes the bearer rich for ever, but only if the Fairy approves of him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bearer	det
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 rich	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 approves	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 approves	cc
10	only	only	ADV	_	14 approves	advmod
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 approves	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Fairy	det
13	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 approves	nsubj
14	approves	approve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 approves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the bearer				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bearer=Product
2	approve a condition, not said to happen	present	the Fairy					of him = he	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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