Exam question 1 · Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone Boat, part 63: a Witc…

What did the Witch's spell require of the Queen with respect to her course?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: spell require

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1739 «Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone Boat, part 63: a Witch swaps places with the Queen and steals her away on a stone boat» 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Witch	det
4	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 require	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Witch	case
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	compound
7	require	require	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Queen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 require	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 course	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 course	nmod:poss
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Witch's spell require of the Queen				with respect; to her course	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent require=Eventuality

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

that she should not slacken it at all until she reached the Underworld, whatever happened on the way

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 slacken	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slacken	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 slacken	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 slacken	advmod
5	slacken	slacken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 reached	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slacken	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 slacken	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 reached	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 reached	nsubj
11	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Underworld	det
13	Underworld	Underworld	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reached	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 happened	punct
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 happened	nsubj
16	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 Underworld	acl:relcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 way	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 way	det
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not slacken	should	she	it	all	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	reach	past	she	the Underworld		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent underworld=Theme
3	happen	past	whatever		the way	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

that she should not slacken it until she reached the Underworld

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 slacken	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slacken	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 slacken	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 slacken	advmod
5	slacken	slacken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 reached	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slacken	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 reached	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reached	nsubj
9	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Underworld	det
11	Underworld	Underworld	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not slacken	should	she	it					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	reach	past	she	the Underworld					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent underworld=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

that she should hold it fast until she came to the lake of ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 hold	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hold	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	aux
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hold	obj
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hold	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 came	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 lake	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 ice	case
14	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	should	she	it				fast property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	come	past	she			the lake of ice			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial_Location

Option 4

that she should not slacken it until she reached the Underworld and the house of her dead brother, whom she had never met

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 slacken	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slacken	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 slacken	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 slacken	advmod
5	slacken	slacken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slacken	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 reached	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reached	nsubj
9	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slacken	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Underworld	det
11	Underworld	Underworld	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reached	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 house	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reached	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 brother	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 brother	nmod:poss
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 brother	amod
18	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 met	punct
20	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 met	obl
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 met	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 met	aux
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 met	advmod
24	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 brother	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not slacken	should	she	it	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	reach	past	she	the Underworld	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent underworld=Theme
3	not meet	past · perfect	she	her dead brother	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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