Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the sw…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the godmother removed Dotterine from the besieged town?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, godmother · What happens: follow, describe, mean, remove, besiege · To what, where: Dotterine, besieged town · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» 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 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 removed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 godmother	det
12	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removed	nsubj
13	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	Dotterine	Dotterine	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 removed	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 town	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 town	det
17	besieged	besiege	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 town	amod
18	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	remove	past	the godmother	Dotterine	the besieged town		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dotterine=Theme from town=Source
5	besiege	participle					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

She conveyed her through the enemy lines unobserved

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 conveyed	nsubj
2	conveyed	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conveyed	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 lines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lines	det
6	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lines	compound
7	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conveyed	obl
8	unobserved	unobserv	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lines	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	past	She	her = she		the enemy lines			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic
2	unobserv	participle		the enemy lines not said here					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She transformed them both into birds and let the wind carry them over the walls of the besieged town

The tree, 19 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 transformed	nsubj
2	transformed	transform	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 transformed	obj
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 transformed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 birds	case
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 transformed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 transformed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wind	det
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
11	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carry	obj
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 walls	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 walls	det
15	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carry	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 town	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 town	det
18	besieged	besiege	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 town	amod
19	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	transform	past	She	them = they		into birds	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	She not said here	the wind			tree rules
3	carry	infinitive	the wind not said here	birds = bird	the walls of the besieged town		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	besiege	participle					tree rules

Option 3

She carried her past the army

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	past	past	ADP	_	6 army	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 army	det
6	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	She	her = she				past the army	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

She hid her inside a cart of hay past the enemy

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 cart	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cart	det
6	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 hay	case
8	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cart	nmod
9	past	past	ADP	_	11 enemy	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 enemy	det
11	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	She	her = she		a cart of hay		past the enemy	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient inside cart=Location

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