Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…

Which of the following describes the fate of the Magician Punchkin at the conclusion of the episode?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, fate, conclude · To what, where: fate, conclusion, Magician Punchkin, episode

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fate	det
7	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Punchkin	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Punchkin	det
10	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Punchkin	compound
11	Punchkin	Punchkin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fate	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 conclusion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 episode	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 episode	det
17	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of the Magician Punchkin	the conclusion of the episode	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the Magician Punchkin		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient
4	conclude		the episode		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 right answer

He expires after his limbs are successively detached from his body

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	2 expires	nsubj
2	expires	expire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 detached	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 limbs	nmod:poss
5	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 detached	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 detached	aux:pass
7	successively	successively	ADV	_	8 detached	advmod
8	detached	detach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 expires	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 body	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 body	nmod:poss
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 detached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expire	present	He						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	detach	present · passive		his limbs				from his body; successively property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from body=Co-Patient

Option 2

He expires after his limbs are successively detached from his body and then stoned

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	2 expires	nsubj
2	expires	expire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 detached	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 limbs	nmod:poss
5	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 detached	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 detached	aux:pass
7	successively	successively	ADV	_	8 detached	advmod
8	detached	detach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 expires	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 body	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 body	nmod:poss
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 detached	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stoned	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 stoned	advmod
14	stoned	stone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 detached	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	expire	present	He				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	detach	present · passive		his limbs		from his body; successively property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from body=Co-Patient
3	stone	participle			then		vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He perishes after his limbs are gradually removed from him

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	2 perishes	nsubj
2	perishes	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 removed	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 limbs	nmod:poss
5	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 removed	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 removed	aux:pass
7	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	8 removed	advmod
8	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 perishes	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	present	He						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	remove	present · passive		his limbs				from him = he; gradually property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from he=Source

Option 4

He recovers once his limbs are reattached to his body

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	2 recovers	nsubj
2	recovers	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	SCONJ	_	7 reattached	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 limbs	nmod:poss
5	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reattached	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reattached	aux:pass
7	reattached	reattach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 recovers	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 body	nmod:poss
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reattached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	present	He						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	reattach	present · passive		his limbs				to his body	tree rules

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