Exam question 2 · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…

In what respect did the ravens describe the lake and the hill dew as remarkable?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ravens · What happens: do, describe · To what, where: respect, lake

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 respect	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 respect	det
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ravens	det
6	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dew	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dew	det
12	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dew	compound
13	dew	dew	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lake	conj
14	as	as	ADP	_	15 remarkable	case
15	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 describe	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what respect			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	describe	present	the ravens	the lake and the hill dew				as remarkable	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lake=Theme as remarkable=Attribute

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 · ✓ the right answer

They claimed bathing restored the sick and washing the eyes gave keen sight

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bathing	bath	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 restored	nsubj
4	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claimed	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sick	det
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gave	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
8	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 gave	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eyes	det
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 washing	obj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claimed	conj
12	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sight	amod
13	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	They		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bath	gerund			tree rules
3	restore	past			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	wash	gerund		the eyes	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
5	give	past	the sick	keen sight	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They insisted the lake could raise the dead and that dew from hill grass gave eternal youth to anyone who touched it

The tree, 22 words

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 insisted	nsubj
2	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lake	det
4	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raise	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 raise	aux
6	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 insisted	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dead	det
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 raise	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gave	cc
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 dew	det
11	dew	dew	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	nsubj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 grass	compound
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dew	nmod
15	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 insisted	conj
16	eternal	eternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 youth	amod
17	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 anyone	case
19	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 gave	obl
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 touched	nsubj
21	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 anyone	acl:relcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	They			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	raise	could	the lake	the dead		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme
3	give	past	that dew from hill grass	eternal youth	anyone	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent youth=Theme to anyone=Recipient
4	touch	past		youth		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 3

They explained that the lake was a gift from the gods and that the hill dew cured every illness known to man

The tree, 22 words

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 explained	nsubj
2	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 gift	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lake	det
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gift	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 gift	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gift	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explained	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 gods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gods	det
11	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gift	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 illness	cc
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 illness	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dew	det
15	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dew	compound
16	dew	dew	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 illness	nsubj
17	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 illness	amod
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 illness	det
19	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gift	conj
20	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 illness	acl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 man	case
22	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	They			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the lake	a gift and every cured illness	from the gods	tree rules
3	cure	participle				vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer
4	illness		the hill dew			tree rules
5	know	participle		every cured illness not said here	to man	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

They described the lake as dangerous, claiming its water drowned fools and blinded travellers

The tree, 14 words

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 described	nsubj
2	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lake	det
4	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 described	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 dangerous	case
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 described	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 claiming	punct
8	claiming	claim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 drowned	csubj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 water	nmod:poss
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 claiming	obj
11	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 described	conj
12	fools	fool	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drowned	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 blinded	cc
14	blinded	blind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 described	conj
15	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 blinded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	past	They	the lake	as dangerous	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lake=Theme as dangerous=Attribute
2	claim speech: other	gerund		lake's water		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent water=Topic
3	drown	past	claiming	fools		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Patient
4	blind	past	They not said here	travellers		tree rules

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