Exam question 2 · Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the pri…

Identify the agent responsible for the destruction of the serpent's skin within the chamber of the palace.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, destroy · To what, where: agent, skin

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 agent	det
3	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 agent	amod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 destruction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 destruction	det
7	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 skin	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 serpent	det
10	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skin	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 serpent	case
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 destruction	nmod
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 chamber	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chamber	det
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 chamber	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the agent				within the chamber of the palace	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
2	destroy			the serpent's skin					nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The parents of the Princess, who threw it into the fire in great haste and fear.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 threw	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Princess	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 parents	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 threw	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 threw	nsubj
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 threw	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 haste	case
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 haste	amod
15	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fear	cc
17	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 haste	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the parents of the Princess	it				into the fire result; in great haste and fear	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into fire=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The parents of the Princess, acting in haste.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 acting	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Princess	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 parents	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 acting	punct
7	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 haste	case
9	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acting	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 acting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	gerund	the parents of the Princess			haste			vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Princess's parents and their household servants, acting together in complete haste.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 parents	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Princess	case
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 acting	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 servants	cc
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 servants	nmod:poss
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 servants	compound
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 parents	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 acting	punct
10	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	together	together	ADV	_	10 acting	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 haste	case
13	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 haste	amod
14	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 acting	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 acting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	gerund	the Princess's parents and parents's household servants			complete haste		together property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The servants of the palace, acting in fear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servants	det
2	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 acting	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 palace	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 palace	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 servants	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 acting	punct
7	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 fear	case
9	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acting	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 acting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	gerund	the servants of the palace			fear			vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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