Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

Which of the following accurately describes the identity of the maiden who had been transformed into a frog?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, transform · To what, where: identity, maiden

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 identity	det
8	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 maiden	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maiden	det
11	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identity	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 transformed	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 transformed	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 transformed	aux:pass
15	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 maiden	acl:relcl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 frog	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 frog	det
18	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 transformed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the identity of the maiden	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent identity=Theme
3	transform	past · perfect · passive	the maiden	into a frog result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into frog=Result

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 was Aglantine, a widow who had been turned into a frog by the king's wizard

The tree, 17 words

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 Aglantine	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Aglantine	cop
3	Aglantine	Aglantine	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 widow	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 widow	det
6	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Aglantine	appos
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 turned	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 turned	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 turned	aux:pass
10	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 widow	acl:relcl
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 frog	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 frog	det
13	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	18 wizard	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wizard	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 king	case
18	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	Aglantine					tree rules
2	turn	past · perfect · passive	the king's wizard	a widow				into a frog result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into frog=Result

Option 2

She was Aglantine, who had been turned into a toad by the fairies at court

The tree, 15 words

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 Aglantine	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Aglantine	cop
3	Aglantine	Aglantine	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 turned	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 turned	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 turned	aux:pass
8	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Aglantine	acl:relcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 toad	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 toad	det
11	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 fairies	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fairies	det
14	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 turned	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 court	case
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fairies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	Aglantine					tree rules
2	turn	past · perfect · passive	the fairies at court	Aglantine				into a toad result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into toad=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She was a lost princess

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	5 princess	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 princess	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 princess	det
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 princess	amod
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	She	a lost princess					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was Serpentine, who had been turned into a frog by the fairies

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 Serpentine	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Serpentine	cop
3	Serpentine	Serpentine	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 turned	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 turned	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 turned	aux:pass
8	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Serpentine	acl:relcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 frog	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 frog	det
11	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 fairies	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fairies	det
14	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	Serpentine					tree rules
2	turn	past · perfect · passive	the fairies	Serpentine				into a frog result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into frog=Result

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