Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

By what means did the youth restore his injured limbs after the eagle had been dispatched?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: mean, do, restore, dispatch · To what, where: injured limbs, eagle

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
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 youth	det
6	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 restore	nsubj
7	restore	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 limbs	nmod:poss
9	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 limbs	amod
10	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 restore	obj
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 dispatched	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eagle	det
13	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dispatched	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dispatched	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 dispatched	aux:pass
16	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 restore	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			tree rules
3	restore	present	the youth	his injured limbs	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent limb=Theme
4	dispatch	past · perfect · passive		the eagle	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: 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

By wrapping the cut in the eagle's feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wrapping	mark
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cut	det
4	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 feathers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eagle	det
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feathers	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 eagle	case
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wrapping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	gerund		the cut		the eagle's feathers			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cut=Theme in feather=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By applying the peel of one of the golden apples to the wound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 applying	mark
2	applying	apply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peel	det
4	peel	peel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 applying	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 peel	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 apples	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 apples	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 apples	amod
10	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 wound	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wound	det
13	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 applying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	gerund		the peel of one of the golden apples				to the wound	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peel=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By pressing a cloth to the wound and waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pressing	mark
2	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloth	det
4	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wound	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wound	det
7	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waiting	cc
9	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wound	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	gerund		a cloth				to the wound and waiting	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme

Option 4

With golden peel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 peel	case
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 peel	amod
3	peel	peel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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