Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

Which circumstance most directly precipitates the boy's transformation into a wolf?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstance, boy · What happens: precipitate, transform · To what, where: transformation, wolf

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 circumstance	det
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 precipitates	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 directly	advmod
4	directly	directly	ADV	_	5 precipitates	advmod
5	precipitates	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transformation	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boy	case
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 precipitates	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 wolf	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 precipitates	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 precipitates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	present	which circumstance	the boy's transformation		a wolf		directly property	tree rules
2	transform		the boy						nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent

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 boy's abandonment in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandonment	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 boy	case
4	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandonment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon		the boy			the forest			nom abandonment «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place

Option 2

The loss of his mother, who died shortly after his birth in the palace

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 mother	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 died	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	8 died	advmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 birth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 birth	nmod:poss
12	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	the loss of loss's mother				after loss's birth	in the palace; shortly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in palace=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His prolonged abandonment in the forest and his dependence upon the wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 abandonment	nmod:poss
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 abandonment	amod
3	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandonment	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dependence	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dependence	nmod:poss
9	dependence	dependence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandonment	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 wolves	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolves	det
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dependence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	abandon		His = he			the forest			nom abandonment «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place

Option 4

His prolonged exile in the wood and his fondness for the wolves' company

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 exile	nmod:poss
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 exile	amod
3	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exile	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fondness	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fondness	nmod:poss
9	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exile	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 company	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolves	det
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 company	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 wolves	case
14	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fondness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

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