Exam question 3 · Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the w…

State the outcome of the witch's pursuit of Esben upon her return from Troms Church.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, witch, Esben · What happens: state, pursue, return · To what, where: outcome, Esben, Troms Church

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1659 «Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the witch, saves his brothers and goes home» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 pursuit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pursuit	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 witch	case
8	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Esben	case
10	Esben	Esben	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 pursuit	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 return	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 return	nmod:poss
13	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 Church	case
15	Troms	Troms	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Church	compound
16	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 return	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the witch's pursuit of Esben		upon Esben's return from Troms Church	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	pursue		the witch	Esben			nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
3	return		Esben		Troms Church		nom return «communication 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

She fell into the sea and was swallowed by the waves beyond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swallowed	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 swallowed	aux:pass
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 waves	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 waves	det
11	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swallowed	obl:agent
12	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	8 swallowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	She					into the sea result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result
2	swallow	past · passive	the waves					beyond property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She fled to the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 hills	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hills	det
5	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fled	obl

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

Option 3

She was struck by lightning and turned into dust across the valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	_	5 lightning	case
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turned	cc
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 dust	case
9	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 valley	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 valley	det
12	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	lightning	She					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	turn	past	lightning not said here			dust		across the valley	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into dust=Source across valley=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She burst into numerous pieces of flint which scattered across the country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burst	nsubj
2	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
4	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pieces	amod
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 burst	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 flint	case
7	flint	flint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pieces	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 scattered	nsubj
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flint	acl:relcl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 country	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	past	She			numerous pieces of flint			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scatter	past	flint			the country			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across country=Destination

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