Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard ord…

What was the precise consequence, for the Prince, of his descent from the tower?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: his · What happens: be, descend · To what, where: precise consequence, tower

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Prince	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 Prince	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 descent	punct
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 descent	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 descent	nmod:poss
13	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 tower	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tower	det
16	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 descent	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the precise consequence and his descent from the tower					tree rules
2	descend		his = he			the tower			nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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

his eyes were pierced by thorns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pierced	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pierced	aux:pass
4	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 thorns	case
6	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pierced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past · passive	thorns	his eyes					vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

his eyes were pierced by thorns and he was blinded for many years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pierced	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pierced	aux:pass
4	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 thorns	case
6	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pierced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blinded	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 blinded	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 blinded	aux:pass
10	blinded	blind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pierced	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 years	amod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 blinded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past · passive	thorns	his eyes					vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	blind	past · passive		he			year		tree rules

Option 3

he was struck by a witch's spell

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 spell	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spell	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 witch	case
8	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	a witch's spell	he					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	spell		a witch						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

he broke both legs and his eyes were pierced by sharp thorns below

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 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 legs	det
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 broke	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pierced	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pierced	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pierced	aux:pass
9	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 broke	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 thorns	case
11	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thorns	amod
12	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pierced	obl
13	below	below	ADV	_	9 pierced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	he	both legs					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient
2	pierce	past · passive	sharp thorns	his eyes				below property	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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