Exam question 1 · Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the pri…

Which of the following describes the action by which Grannonia's former companion was rendered incapable of further betrayal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: follow, describe, render · To what, where: action, former companion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1905 «Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the prince becomes a dove, and Grannonia goes after him with a fox» 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 action	det
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 rendered	obl
10	Grannonia	Grannonia	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 companion	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Grannonia	case
12	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 companion	amod
13	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rendered	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 rendered	aux:pass
15	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 action	acl:relcl
16	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rendered	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 betrayal	case
18	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 betrayal	amod
19	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 incapable	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	render	past · passive	the action	Grannonia's former companion	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient incapable=Theme

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

She struck him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	She	him = he					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument

Option 2

She hit the fox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

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

Option 3

She pushed the fox out of the high window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	9 window	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 window	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 window	amod
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	She	the fox		the high window			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fox=Theme out window=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She struck the fox upon the head with a stick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 stick	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stick	det
10	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	She	the fox				upon the head; with a stick	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fox=Patient with stick=Instrument

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