Exam question 2 · Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the…

What was the effect upon the Emperor of the exhalation of the horse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 effect	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 effect	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 Emperor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Emperor	det
7	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 exhalation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 exhalation	det
10	exhalation	exhalation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 horse	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 horse	det
13	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 exhalation	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 effect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the effect				upon the Emperor; of the exhalation of the horse	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 · ← Mova's choice

He was thrown to the ground hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 thrown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		He		the ground		hard property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to ground=Destination

Option 2

He was reduced to a small heap of ashes on the palace floor, which the servants swept away at once

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reduced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	aux:pass
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 heap	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 heap	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heap	amod
7	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 ashes	case
9	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heap	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 floor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 floor	compound
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 swept	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 swept	obj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 servants	det
17	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 swept	nsubj
18	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	conj
19	away	away	ADV	_	18 swept	advmod
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 swept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past · passive		He		the palace floor		to a small heap of ashes goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to heap=Goal
2	sweep away	past	the servants					away property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent which=Theme at once=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was reduced to a small heap of ashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reduced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reduced	aux:pass
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 heap	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 heap	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heap	amod
7	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 ashes	case
9	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heap	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past · passive		He				to a small heap of ashes goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to heap=Goal

Option 4

He was given a splendid funeral, the most grand ever seen in the land, and buried in gold

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 funeral	det
5	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 funeral	amod
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seen	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grand	det
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 grand	advmod
10	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seen	nsubj
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 seen	advmod
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 funeral	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 land	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 land	det
15	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 buried	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 buried	cc
18	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 gold	case
20	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	give	past · passive		He			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient funeral=Theme
2	see	participle	the grand	a splendid funeral not said here	the land	ever	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer funeral=Stimulus
3	bury	participle			gold		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in gold=Destination

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