Exam question 3 · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…

By what means did the witch restore the petrified princes to their former condition?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: witch, princes · What happens: mean, restore, petrify, condition · To what, where: petrified princes, former condition · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 restore	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restore	nsubj
7	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princes	det
9	petrified	petrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 princes	amod
10	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 restore	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 condition	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 condition	nmod:poss
13	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 condition	amod
14	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restore	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	restore	past · do-support	the witch	the petrified princes	princes's former condition	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to condition=Recipient
3	petrify	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	condition		princes = prince			nom condition «state 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 right answer

She burnt an oak into ashes and sprinkled them on the stones

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 burnt	nsubj
2	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 oak	det
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burnt	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 ashes	case
6	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 burnt	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sprinkled	cc
8	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 burnt	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sprinkled	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 stones	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stones	det
12	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sprinkled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burnt	past	She	a oak		ashes			tree rules
2	sprinkle	past	She not said here	ashes = ash		the stones			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on stone=Destination

Option 2

She poured a potion of herbs over each statue

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 poured	nsubj
2	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 potion	det
4	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 herbs	case
6	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 potion	nmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 statue	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 statue	det
9	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	She	a potion of herbs		each statue			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Patient

Option 3

She waved her rod over the stones and spoke

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 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 rod	nmod:poss
4	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 stones	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stones	det
7	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waved	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 spoke	cc
9	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	She	her rod		the stones			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Patient
2	speak speech: other	past	She not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She burnt an oak into ashes, then sprinkled the ashes over the stones and spoke a spell

The tree, 17 words

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 burnt	nsubj
2	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 oak	det
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burnt	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 ashes	case
6	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 burnt	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sprinkled	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 sprinkled	advmod
9	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 burnt	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ashes	det
11	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sprinkled	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 stones	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stones	det
14	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sprinkled	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 spoke	cc
16	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 burnt	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 spell	det
18	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spoke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	burnt	past	She	a oak	ashes		tree rules
2	sprinkle	past	She not said here	the ashes	the stones	then	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme over stone=Destination
3	speak speech: other	past	She not said here	a spell			tree rules

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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