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

Identify the precise condition under which the lad is transformed into ashes, as stated in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, transform, state · To what, where: precise condition, lad, passage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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 condition	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 condition	amod
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 transformed	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lad	det
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 transformed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 transformed	aux:pass
10	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	acl:relcl
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 ashes	case
12	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 transformed	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stated	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 stated	mark
15	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 transformed	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stated	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise condition			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	transform	present · passive		the lad	the precise condition	into ashes result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into ash=Result
3	state speech: other	participle			the passage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

Looking back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Looking back after plucking the tallest ear of rice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 plucking	mark
4	plucking	pluck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Looking	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ear	det
6	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 ear	amod
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plucking	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rice	case
9	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	pluck	gerund		the tallest ear of rice					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

Option 3

Eating a single grain of the golden rice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 grain	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grain	amod
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 rice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rice	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rice	amod
8	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grain	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		a single grain of the golden rice					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient

Option 4

Touching the rice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rice	det
3	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Touching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund		the rice					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rice=Co-Theme

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