Exam question 1 · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

In the text, which magical action did the maiden perform to escape detection by the goblins on the second occasion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: escape · To what, where: detection, text

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 text	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 text	det
3	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escape	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 did	obj
6	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 action	amod
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 escape	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 perform	det
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 perform	amod
11	perform	perform	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 escape	mark
13	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escape	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 goblins	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 goblins	det
17	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 escape	obl
18	on	on	ADP	_	21 occasion	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 occasion	det
20	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 occasion	amod
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escape	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 escape	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past · do-support		detection		the text		by the goblins; on the second occasion	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme detection=Initial_Location

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

She turned into a fish

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 fish	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

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

Option 2

She transformed herself into a bird and hid them both behind 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 transformed	nsubj
2	transformed	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 transformed	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 bird	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transformed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hid	cc
8	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 transformed	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hid	obj
10	both	both	ADV	_	8 hid	advmod
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 stones	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stones	det
13	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past	She	herself = she				into a bird result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into bird=Result
2	hide	past	She not said here	them = they		the stones		both property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient behind stone=Location

Option 3

She changed them both into a silver stream and a wild fox by the wood

The tree, 15 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 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 changed	obj
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 changed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 stream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stream	det
7	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stream	amod
8	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fox	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fox	det
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fox	amod
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stream	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 wood	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wood	det
15	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	She	them = they		a silver stream and a wild fox		by the wood	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She transformed herself and her companion into a wild rose bush and a rose

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 transformed	nsubj
2	transformed	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 transformed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 companion	cc
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 companion	nmod:poss
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 herself	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 bush	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bush	det
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bush	amod
10	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bush	compound
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transformed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rose	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rose	det
14	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bush	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past	She	herself = she				into a wild rose bush and a rose result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into bush=Result

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