Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part…
Which of the following is the correct account of the dragon's transformation?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: follow, be, transform
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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 | 8 account | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 account | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 account | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 account | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 account | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 account | det |
| 7 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 account | amod |
| 8 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 transformation | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dragon | det |
| 11 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 transformation | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 dragon | case |
| 13 | transformation | transformation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 account | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 account | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the correct account; of the dragon's transformation | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | transform | the dragon | nom transformation «event 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 dragon turned into a wolf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 wolf | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wolf | det |
| 6 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the dragon | a wolf | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wolf=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The dragon became a man, revealed to be the emperor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | nsubj |
| 3 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 revealed | punct |
| 7 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 man | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 emperor | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 emperor | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 emperor | det |
| 11 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 revealed | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | the dragon | a man | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reveal | participle | a man not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | the emperor | tree rules |
Option 3
The dragon shrank into a small boy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shrank | nsubj |
| 3 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 boy | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 boy | amod |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shrank | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | past | the dragon | into a small boy result | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent into boy=Result |
Option 4
The dragon transformed into a man, who was revealed to be the emperor himself
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | transformed | transform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dragon | acl |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 man | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transformed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 revealed | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 revealed | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 revealed | aux:pass |
| 10 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dragon | acl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 emperor | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 emperor | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 emperor | det |
| 14 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 revealed | obl:agent |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 14 emperor | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transform | participle | the dragon not said here | into a man result | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into man=Result | ||||
| 2 | reveal | past · passive | the emperor | the dragon | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | the emperor | 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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