Exam question 3 · Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince win…

Upon what occasion did the witch become transformed into flint, and where does the stone remain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occasion, stone · What happens: do, transform, remain · To what, where: witch, flint

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1654 «Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the princess, and the couple escapes the 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 transformed	obl
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 transformed	aux
8	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 flint	case
10	flint	flint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 remain	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 remain	cc
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 remain	advmod
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 remain	aux
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stone	det
16	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 remain	nsubj
17	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 transformed	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 transformed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	occasion	the witch		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Eventuality
2	transform	present			into flint result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into flint=Result
3	remain	present · do-support	the stone			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

upon the princess blowing on her as she stood in the courtyard at dawn, beside the castle gate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	upon	upon	ADP	_	3 princess	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	obl
4	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 stood	advcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 blowing	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 stood	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stood	nsubj
9	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 courtyard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 courtyard	det
12	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gate	punct
16	beside	beside	ADP	_	19 gate	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gate	det
18	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gate	compound
19	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund	princess not said here	princess					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent her=Patient
2	stand	past	princess			the courtyard	dawn	upon the princess; beside the castle gate	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon princess=Location

Option 2

when the princess blew on her three times, and the stone lies by the old garden wall

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 blew	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 times	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 times	nmod:poss
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blew	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lies	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 lies	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lies	nsubj
13	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blew	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	18 wall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wall	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wall	amod
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wall	compound
18	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the princess				time		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	lie	present	the stone					by the old garden wall	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location

Option 3

when the lovers fled from the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fled	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lovers	det
3	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fled	nsubj
4	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the lovers			the hall			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hall=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

upon the princess blowing on her, outside the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	upon	upon	ADP	_	3 princess	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 princess	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blowing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 window	punct
8	outside	outside	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 window	det
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund	the princess not said here					on princess; outside the window	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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