Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi…

By what means was the bride's original form restored?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, be, restore · To what, where: original form

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 form	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 form	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bride	det
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 form	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bride	case
8	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 form	amod
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 form	acl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the bride's original form	tree rules
3	restore	participle	the bride's original form not said here	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

by withdrawal of the pin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	2 withdrawal	case
2	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pin	det
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdrawal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw			the pin					nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

by the careful removal of the pin from her head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 removal	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 removal	det
3	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 removal	amod
4	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pin	det
7	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removal	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 head	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the pin from her head					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

by the removal of the spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 removal	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 removal	det
3	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 spell	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spell	det
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the spell					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

through the breaking of a charm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	3 breaking	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 breaking	det
3	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 charm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 charm	det
6	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaking	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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