Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t…

What was the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures displayed to the youth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ultimate fate · What happens: be, enchant, display, fate · To what, where: youth, enchanted treasures

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	10 displayed	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 displayed	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 treasures	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 treasures	det
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 treasures	amod
9	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fate	nmod
10	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 youth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 youth	det
13	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 displayed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 displayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	past				tree rules
2	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	display	past	the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures		the youth	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to youth=Recipient
4	fate			the enchanted treasures		nom fate «event transitive»: of=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

They rusted away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rusted	nsubj
2	rusted	rust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 rusted	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rusted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rust away	past	They					away property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

They dissolved like mist, leaving no sign.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dissolved	nsubj
2	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 mist	case
4	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolved	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 leaving	punct
6	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dissolved	advcl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 sign	det
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaving	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dissolved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	participle	They					like mist	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	They not said here	no sign					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme

Option 3

They faded like smoke, leaving only ash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 faded	nsubj
2	faded	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 smoke	case
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faded	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 leaving	punct
6	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 faded	advcl
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 ash	advmod
8	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaving	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 faded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fade	past	They					like smoke	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	They not said here	ash					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They dissipated like the wind, leaving no trace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dissipated	nsubj
2	dissipated	dissipate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 wind	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissipated	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 leaving	punct
7	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dissipated	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 trace	det
9	trace	trace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leaving	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dissipated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissipate	past	They					like the wind	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	They not said here	no trace					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Theme

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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