Exam question 4 · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le…

Into what creature had the monarch been transformed prior to his release by the queen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: have, transform · To what, where: creature, monarch

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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	Into	into	ADP	_	3 creature	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 creature	nsubj
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monarch	det
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformed	nsubj
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 transformed	aux:pass
8	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 had	xcomp
9	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 release	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 prior	fixed
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 release	nmod:poss
12	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformed	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 queen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 queen	det
15	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past				creature			tree rules
2	transform	participle · passive	the queen	the monarch				prior monarch's release	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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

A lindorm, for twenty long years under a cruel enchantment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lindorm	det
2	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 years	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 years	amod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lindorm	appos
8	under	under	ADP	_	11 enchantment	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 enchantment	det
10	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 enchantment	amod
11	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 years	nmod

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

Option 2

A serpent for twelve years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 serpent	det
2	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 years	case
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 years	nummod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serpent	nmod

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

Option 3

A great winged dragon, for a hundred years beneath the mountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dragon	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dragon	amod
3	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dragon	amod
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dragon	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hundred	det
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dragon	nmod
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	12 mountain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mountain	det
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wing	participle							vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A lindorm, for twenty years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lindorm	det
2	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 years	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 years	case
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lindorm	appos

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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