Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes…

Explain the method by which the old hag restores the lad to his former state, citing the materials employed.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, old hag, materials · What happens: explain, restore, cite, employ · To what, where: method, lad, former state

This is exam question 3 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 restores	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hag	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hag	amod
8	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restores	nsubj
9	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 method	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lad	det
11	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restores	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 state	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 state	nmod:poss
14	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 state	amod
15	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restores	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 citing	punct
17	citing	cite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 restores	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 materials	det
19	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 employed	nsubj
20	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 citing	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the method			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic
2	restore	present	the old hag	the lad	hag's former state	by the method	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lad=Theme to state=Recipient
3	cite	gerund	the old hag not said here				tree rules
4	employ	past	the materials				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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

Mixing the ashes with rice and salt, then baking it in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mixing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 rice	case
5	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mixing	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 salt	cc
7	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rice	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 baking	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 baking	advmod
10	baking	bake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Mixing	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 baking	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 baking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	gerund		the ashes				with rice and salt	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ash=Patient with rice=Co-Patient
2	bake	gerund		salt			then	in the sun	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient in sun=Instrument

Option 2

Sprinkling the ashes with the lad's own tears and mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sprinkling	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	9 tears	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 lad	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tears	amod
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sprinkling	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mud	cc
11	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	gerund		the ashes				with the lad's own tears and mud	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Destination with tear=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kneading the ashes into a paste, shaping it, and applying a drop of her own blood

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kneading	knead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Kneading	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 paste	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 paste	det
6	paste	paste	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneading	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shaping	punct
8	shaping	shape	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Kneading	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shaping	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 applying	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 applying	cc
12	applying	apply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Kneading	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 drop	det
14	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 applying	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 blood	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 blood	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 blood	amod
18	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drop	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	knead	gerund	the ashes	a paste	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent ash=Material into paste=Product
2	shape	gerund	paste		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	apply	gerund	a drop of her own blood		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Theme

Option 4

Kneading the ashes into a paste with sacred river water, shaping it into a man, and applying a drop of her own blood at dawn

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kneading	knead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Kneading	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 paste	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 paste	det
6	paste	paste	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneading	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	compound
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneading	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shaping	punct
12	shaping	shape	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Kneading	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shaping	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 man	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shaping	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 applying	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 applying	cc
19	applying	apply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Kneading	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 drop	det
21	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 applying	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 blood	case
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 blood	nmod:poss
24	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 blood	amod
25	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 drop	nmod
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 dawn	case
27	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 applying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knead	gerund	the ashes	a paste		with sacred river water	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent ash=Material into paste=Product
2	shape	gerund	water			into a man	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into man=Product
3	apply	gerund	a drop of her own blood		dawn		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Theme

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