Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princes…

By what means did the prince's spell become broken at the end of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: spell, prince · What happens: mean, do, become, break, spell · To what, where: end

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1646 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princess's hair and frees the prince» 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	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spell	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 prince	case
8	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 become	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broken	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 tale	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tale	det
16	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	become	present	the prince's spell		tree rules
4	break	participle	the prince's spell not said here	at the end of the tale	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location
5	spell		the prince		nom spell «state 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By the lion's destruction, the ashes cast upon the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 destruction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lion	det
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destruction	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 lion	case
5	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cast	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 destruction	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ashes	det
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cast	nsubj
9	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	present	the ashes					by the lion's destruction; upon the water	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by destruction=Destination
2	destroy		the lion						nom destruction «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Through the giant's final defeat by the brave girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	6 defeat	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 defeat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 giant	case
5	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 defeat	amod
6	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 girl	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 girl	amod
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 defeat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat		the brave girl	the giant					nom defeat «event transitive»: poss=patient by=agent

Option 3

By true love

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 love	case
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 love	amod
3	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

By the giant's sudden death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 death	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 giant	case
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 death	amod
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die		the giant						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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