Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal…

What remedy, kept in the cupboard, was capable of restoring the dead brother?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: remedy · What happens: keep, be, restore · To what, where: remedy, cupboard, dead brother

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 remedy	det
2	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 capable	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remedy	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cupboard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cupboard	det
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 remedy	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 capable	cop
10	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 restoring	mark
12	restoring	restore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 capable	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brother	det
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 brother	amod
15	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restoring	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 capable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		what remedy not said here	the cupboard		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location
2	is	past	what remedy			capable property	tree rules
3	restore	gerund	what remedy not said here	the dead brother			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent brother=Theme

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

An ointment kept in the cupboard that heals wounds and wakes the dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ointment	det
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wakes	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ointment	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cupboard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cupboard	det
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 heals	nsubj
8	heals	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cupboard	acl:relcl
9	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 heals	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heals	cc
11	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dead	det
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wakes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	keep	participle		a ointment not said here	the cupboard	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location
2	heal	present	the cupboard	wounds		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
3	wake	present	a ointment	the dead		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dead=Patient

Option 2

An ointment kept in the cupboard that heals every wound, restores sight, and wakes the dead to life again

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ointment	det
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restores	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ointment	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cupboard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cupboard	det
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 heals	nsubj
8	heals	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cupboard	acl:relcl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 wound	det
10	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heals	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ointment	punct
12	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restores	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wakes	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wakes	cc
16	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 restores	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dead	det
18	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wakes	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 life	case
20	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wakes	obl
21	again	again	ADV	_	16 wakes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		a ointment not said here	the cupboard			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location
2	heal	present	the cupboard	every wound				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
3	restore	present	a ointment	sight				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sight=Theme
4	wake	present	a ointment not said here	the dead		again	to life	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dead=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An ointment that heals wounds and wakes the dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ointment	det
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wakes	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 heals	nsubj
4	heals	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ointment	acl:relcl
5	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heals	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 heals	cc
7	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dead	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wakes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	a ointment	wounds					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
2	wake	present	a ointment	the dead					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dead=Patient

Option 4

A balm that soothes burns and restores the sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 balm	det
2	balm	balm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restores	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 soothes	nsubj
4	soothes	soothe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 balm	acl:relcl
5	burns	burn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 soothes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 soothes	cc
7	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sick	det
9	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 restores	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soothe	present	a balm	burns					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burn=Experiencer
2	restore	present	a balm	the sick					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sick=Theme

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