Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

Describe the sequence of events by which the bird-girl was freed from her enchantment and the Fairy was destroyed.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, events, girl · What happens: describe, free, destroy, enchant · To what, where: sequence, bird girl, enchantment, Fairy

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sequence	det
3	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 events	case
5	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sequence	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 freed	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 girl	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 girl	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 bird	punct
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 freed	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 freed	aux:pass
13	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 events	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 enchantment	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 enchantment	nmod:poss
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 freed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 destroyed	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Fairy	det
19	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 destroyed	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 destroyed	aux:pass
21	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 freed	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the sequence of events		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
2	free	past · passive	events	the bird girl	girl's enchantment	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source
3	destroy	past · passive		the Fairy		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	enchant		girl			nom enchantment «feeling 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

The Prince threw the egg, the vulture was transformed into a girl, and the Fairy's chariot was sunk by the waters

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 egg	det
5	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 transformed	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vulture	det
8	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 transformed	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 transformed	aux:pass
10	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 threw	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 girl	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 transformed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sunk	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sunk	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Fairy	det
17	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 chariot	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Fairy	case
19	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sunk	nsubj:pass
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 sunk	aux:pass
21	sunk	sink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 threw	conj
22	by	by	ADP	_	24 waters	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 waters	det
24	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sunk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the Prince	the egg		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
2	transform	past · passive		the vulture	into a girl result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into girl=Result
3	sink	past · passive	the waters	the Fairy's chariot		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Prince shot the boar, the hare escaped, the dove became an egg, and the Fairy's dragon was left to drown in the river

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shot	nsubj
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boar	det
5	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 escaped	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hare	det
8	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escaped	nsubj
9	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shot	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 became	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dove	det
12	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 became	nsubj
13	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 escaped	conj
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 egg	det
15	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 became	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 left	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 left	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Fairy	det
19	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 dragon	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Fairy	case
21	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 left	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 left	aux:pass
23	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shot	parataxis
24	to	to	PART	_	25 drown	mark
25	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 left	advcl
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 river	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 river	det
28	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	shoot	past	the Prince	the boar		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Theme
2	escape	past	the hare			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	become	past	the dove	a egg		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	leave	past · passive		the Fairy's dragon		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	drown	to-infinitive			the river	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The vulture attacked, the Prince threw an egg, and the Fairy drowned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vulture	det
2	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	nsubj
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 threw	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 threw	nsubj
7	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	parataxis
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 egg	det
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threw	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 drowned	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 drowned	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Fairy	det
13	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 drowned	nsubj
14	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	attack	past	the vulture		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	past	the Prince	a egg	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
3	drown	past	the Fairy		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Prince threw the egg, the vulture was transformed, and the Fairy's chariot was sunk

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 egg	det
5	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 transformed	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vulture	det
8	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 transformed	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 transformed	aux:pass
10	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 threw	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sunk	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sunk	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Fairy	det
14	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 chariot	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Fairy	case
16	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sunk	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sunk	aux:pass
18	sunk	sink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 threw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	throw	past	the Prince	the egg	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
2	transform	past · passive		the vulture	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	sink	past · passive		the Fairy's chariot	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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