Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is t…

Which of the following correctly states the consequence of the witch's action upon the Queen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: witch · What happens: follow, state, act · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1712 «Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consequence	det
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 action	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 action	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 witch	case
13	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consequence	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 Queen	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 action	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the consequence of the witch's action upon the Queen	correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
3	act		the witch		upon the Queen	nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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

She became a duck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 duck	det
4	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	She	a duck					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The witch took her place as the true Queen in the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 place	nmod:poss
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 Queen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Queen	amod
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the witch	witch's place		the castle		as the true Queen	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme as queen=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Queen was transformed into a White Duck and cast into the pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 transformed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transformed	aux:pass
4	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 Duck	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Duck	det
7	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Duck	amod
8	Duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transformed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cast	cc
10	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Duck	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 pond	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pond	det
13	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		the Queen		the pond		into a White Duck and cast result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into duck=Result

Option 4

She was turned into a duck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 duck	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 duck	det
6	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		She				into a duck result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into duck=Result

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