Exam question 2 · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

In what manner did the mother of the genius meet her end at the tower?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: do, meet · To what, where: manner, end, tower

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1808 «pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares» 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 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meet	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 genius	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 genius	det
9	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mother	nmod
10	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 end	nmod:poss
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meet	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 tower	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tower	det
15	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meet	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	meet	present	the mother of the genius	mother's end		the tower			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Co-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

She fell from the battlements and was broken into pieces on the rocks below the walls

The tree, 16 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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 battlements	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battlements	det
5	battlements	battlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 broken	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broken	aux:pass
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 pieces	case
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 broken	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 rocks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rocks	det
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pieces	nmod
14	below	below	ADP	_	16 walls	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 walls	det
16	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 rocks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	She			the battlements			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from battlement=Initial_Location
2	break	past · passive	She not said here					into pieces on the rocks below the walls result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: into piece=Result

Option 2

She was burned alive in the high tower room

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	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 burned	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 room	amod
8	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 room	compound
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		She		the high tower room		alive property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She fell from the battlements and was broken into pieces

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 battlements	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battlements	det
5	battlements	battlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 broken	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broken	aux:pass
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 pieces	case
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	She			the battlements			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from battlement=Initial_Location
2	break	past · passive	She not said here					into pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: into piece=Result

Option 4

She was swallowed by the sea below the walls

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	3 swallowed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	aux:pass
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	obl
7	below	below	ADP	_	9 walls	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walls	det
9	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swallowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past · passive	the sea	She		the walls			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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