Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pome…

Which of the following identifies the outcome of Balna's refusal to the Magician?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Balna · What happens: follow, identify, refuse · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» 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	5 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 identifies	nsubj
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 outcome	det
7	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 refusal	case
9	Balna	Balna	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 refusal	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Balna	case
11	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 outcome	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Magician	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Magician	det
14	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the outcome of Balna's refusal	to the Magician	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme to magician=be'
3	refuse		Balna			nom refusal «communication 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

She was transformed into a little black dog and sent to live in the jungle

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	3 transformed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dog	amod
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dog	amod
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl:agent
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sent	cc
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 live	mark
12	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 sent	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 jungle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 jungle	det
15	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	transform	past · passive	a little black dog	She		vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	send	past	a little black dog not said here			tree rules
3	live	to-infinitive	a little black dog not said here		the jungle	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was turned into a black dog and her son was taken away by the Magician

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	3 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl:agent
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 taken	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 son	nmod:poss
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taken	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 taken	aux:pass
12	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 turned	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 taken	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 Magician	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Magician	det
16	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive	a black dog	She					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	take away	past · passive	the Magician	dog's son				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

She was sent far away to the jungle

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 jungle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jungle	det
8	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		She		the jungle		away property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to jungle=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was transformed into a black dog

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 transformed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive	a black dog	She					vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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