Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69:…

By what means was the Giant's corpse restored to the semblance of a prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Giant corpse · What happens: mean, be, restore · To what, where: Giant corpse, semblance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 corpse	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 corpse	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 corpse	det
6	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 corpse	amod
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Giant	case
8	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restored	nsubj
9	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 semblance	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 semblance	det
12	semblance	semblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restored	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 prince	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 prince	det
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 semblance	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 restored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the Giant corpse		tree rules
3	restore	past	the Giant corpse		the semblance of a prince	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to semblance=Recipient

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

By a spell pronounced by the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 spell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spell	det
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spell	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 King	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pronounced	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	participle		a spell not said here					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By a potion poured by Olof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 potion	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 potion	det
3	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 potion	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Olof	case
6	Olof	Olof	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	participle		a potion not said here				by Olof	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3

Through a curse spoken by Hadvor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 curse	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 curse	det
3	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 curse	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Hadvor	case
6	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle		a curse not said here				by Hadvor	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By a spell pronounced by the Queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 spell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spell	det
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spell	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pronounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	participle		a spell not said here				by the Queen	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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