Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…

What was the principal consequence of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cinderlad, Foal · What happens: be, fulfil, instruct · To what, where: principal consequence, instructions

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 fulfilment	case
7	Cinderlad	Cinderlad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fulfilment	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Cinderlad	case
9	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 instructions	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Foal	det
12	Foal	Foal	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 instructions	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Foal	case
14	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fulfilment	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence	of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions	tree rules
2	fulfil		Cinderlad	the Foal's instructions		nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
3	instruct		the Foal			nom instruction «communication 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

The Troll was defeated and the foals were freed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Troll	det
2	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 defeated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 defeated	aux:pass
4	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 freed	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 foals	det
7	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 freed	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 freed	aux:pass
9	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 defeated	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	past · passive		the Troll					tree rules
2	free	past · passive		the foals					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The seven brothers were restored to princely form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brothers	det
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 brothers	nummod
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 restored	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 restored	aux:pass
5	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 form	case
7	princely	princely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past · passive		the seven brothers	princely form				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to form=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The seven foals galloped off to the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 foals	det
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 foals	nummod
3	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 galloped	nsubj
4	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 galloped	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 hills	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hills	det
8	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 galloped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop off	past	the seven foals			the hills			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hill=Destination

Option 4

They became kings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 became	xcomp

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

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