Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the…

Identify the precise nature of the second message inscribed upon the potsherd and state the individual responsible for its alteration.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, state · What happens: identify, inscribe, alter · To what, where: precise nature, second message, potsherd

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1838 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nature	amod
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 message	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 message	det
7	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 message	amod
8	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
9	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 message	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 potsherd	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 potsherd	det
12	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inscribed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 state	cc
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 potsherd	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 responsible	det
16	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 responsible	amod
17	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 state	amod
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 alteration	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 alteration	nmod:poss
20	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 responsible	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise nature of the second message		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	inscribe	participle		the second message not said here	the potsherd and state	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon potsherd=Destination
3	alter		state			nom alteration «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

The message instructed that the lad be cared for and given all he desired, and it was altered by the Princess who swapped the potsherd with her own hand

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 message	det
2	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructed	nsubj
3	instructed	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 cared	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cared	nsubj:pass
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 cared	aux:pass
8	cared	care	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instructed	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	8 cared	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 given	cc
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cared	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 given	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 desired	nsubj
14	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 all	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 altered	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 altered	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 altered	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 altered	aux:pass
19	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instructed	conj
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 Princess	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Princess	det
22	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 altered	obl
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 swapped	nsubj
24	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 Princess	acl:relcl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 potsherd	det
26	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 swapped	obj
27	with	with	ADP	_	30 hand	case
28	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 hand	nmod:poss
29	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 hand	amod
30	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past	the message			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	care	infinitive · passive		the lad		tree rules
3	give	participle		all		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme
4	desire	past	message			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	alter	past · passive	the Princess	lad		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
6	swap	past	the Princess	the potsherd	with Princess's own hand	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent potsherd=Theme with hand=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The message asked for the lad to be sent away, altered by the old hag

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 message	det
2	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 lad	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 sent	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 sent	aux:pass
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 asked	ccomp
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 sent	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 altered	punct
12	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sent	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 hag	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hag	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hag	amod
16	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 altered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the message	for the lad	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send away not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive		away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»
3	alter	participle		by the old hag	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The message instructed that the lad be cared for and given all he desired, altered by the Princess

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 message	det
2	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructed	nsubj
3	instructed	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 cared	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cared	nsubj:pass
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 cared	aux:pass
8	cared	care	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instructed	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	8 cared	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 given	cc
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cared	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 given	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 desired	nsubj
14	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 all	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 altered	punct
16	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cared	conj
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 Princess	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Princess	det
19	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 altered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past	the message			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	care	infinitive · passive		the lad		tree rules
3	give	participle		all		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme
4	desire	past	message			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	alter	participle			by the Princess	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The message instructed that the lad be killed and buried, altered by the white Queen

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 message	det
2	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructed	nsubj
3	instructed	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 killed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 killed	nsubj:pass
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 killed	aux:pass
8	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instructed	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 buried	cc
10	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 killed	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 altered	punct
12	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 killed	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 Queen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
15	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Queen	amod
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 altered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past	the message			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	infinitive · passive		the lad		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	bury	participle				vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	alter	participle			by the white Queen	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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