Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the pr…

By what means was the husband's transformation effected through Katar?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: transformation · What happens: mean, be, affect · To what, where: transformation, Katar

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 transformation	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 transformation	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transformation	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 husband	case
8	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 effected	nsubj
9	effected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	through	through	ADP	_	11 Katar	case
11	Katar	Katar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 effected	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 effected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the husband's transformation		tree rules
3	affect	past	the husband's transformation		Katar	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

He pulled his left ear and became a prince

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
4	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ear	amod
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 became	cc
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	He	his left ear					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	become	past	He not said here	a prince					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He twisted his ear

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 twisted	nsubj
2	twisted	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ear	nmod:poss
4	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twisted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twist	past	He	his ear					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme

Option 3

He turned his right ear and became a king

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ear	amod
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 became	cc
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He	his right ear					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	become	past	He not said here	a king					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He twisted his left ear and became a prince

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 twisted	nsubj
2	twisted	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
4	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ear	amod
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twisted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 became	cc
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 twisted	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twist	past	He	his left ear					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	become	past	He not said here	a prince					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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