Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

What was the consequence of the eagle's blood upon the inhabitants gathered beneath the mountain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: inhabitants · What happens: be, gather · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 blood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eagle	det
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blood	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 eagle	case
9	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 gathered	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 inhabitants	det
12	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gathered	nsubj
13	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	advcl
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	16 mountain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mountain	det
16	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gathered	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the eagle's blood	tree rules
2	gather	past	the inhabitants					beneath the mountain	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The blood turned them all into living statues of gold which then slowly began to breathe again and move about

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 them	nmod:unmarked
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 statues	case
7	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 statues	amod
8	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 gold	case
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 statues	nmod
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 began	obj
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 began	advmod
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	14 began	advmod
14	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 statues	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 breathe	mark
16	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 began	xcomp
17	again	again	ADV	_	16 breathe	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 move	cc
19	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 breathe	conj
20	about	about	ADV	_	19 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the blood	them = they	living statues of gold			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into statue=Trajectory
2	begin	past		living statues of gold		then	slowly property	tree rules
3	breathe	to-infinitive				again		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	move about	infinitive					about property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were revived and rose from the ground

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	3 revived	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 revived	aux:pass
3	revived	revive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rose	cc
5	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 revived	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revive	past · passive		They					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	rise	past				the ground			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ground=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They were restored to life and awoke as if from a sleep

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	3 restored	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 life	case
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 awoke	cc
7	awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	conj
8	as	as	ADP	_	12 sleep	case
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 sleep	mark
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 sleep	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sleep	det
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 awoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past · passive		They	life				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to life=Recipient
2	awake	past						as a sleep	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They were brought back to life and rose up as though they had merely been sleeping for a long time in the valley below

The tree, 24 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	3 brought	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	aux:pass
3	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 brought	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 life	case
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rose	cc
8	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 rose	compound:prt
10	as	as	ADV	_	8 rose	advmod
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 sleeping	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sleeping	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sleeping	aux
14	merely	merely	ADV	_	16 sleeping	advmod
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 sleeping	aux
16	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 rose	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 time	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 time	det
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 time	amod
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sleeping	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 valley	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 valley	det
23	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sleeping	obl
24	below	below	ADV	_	23 valley	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	past · passive		They	life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to life=Destination
2	rise up	past						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sleep	past · perfect · progressive	they		the valley	time	merely property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in valley=Location

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