Exam question 3 · Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the pri…

State the precise manner in which the Prince's wounds were ultimately treated by the Princess upon her arrival.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess, Prince · What happens: treat, wound, arrive · To what, where: wounds, precise manner

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 treated	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 wounds	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Prince	case
10	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 treated	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 treated	aux:pass
12	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	13 treated	advmod
13	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 manner	acl:relcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 Princess	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Princess	det
16	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 treated	obl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 arrival	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 arrival	nmod:poss
19	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Princess	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	treat	past · passive	the Princess upon Princess's arrival	the Prince's wounds	the precise manner	ultimately property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	wound		the Prince				nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent
3	arrive		Princess				nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=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

By pressing the warm blood of seven birds directly onto each of his open wounds.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pressing	mark
2	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 blood	det
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blood	amod
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 birds	case
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 birds	nummod
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 blood	nmod
9	directly	directly	ADV	_	11 each	advmod
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	11 each	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 pressing	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 wounds	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wounds	nmod:poss
14	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wounds	amod
15	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 each	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pressing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	gerund		the warm blood of seven birds		each			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme
2	wound		his = he						nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By rubbing the blood of the birds upon his wounds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 rubbing	mark
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blood	det
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 birds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blood	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 wounds	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wounds	nmod:poss
10	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rubbing	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rubbing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		the blood of the birds		his wounds			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon wound=Destination
2	wound		his = he						nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By pouring water from the spring over his skin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pouring	mark
2	pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 spring	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spring	det
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skin	nmod:poss
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pouring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		water		his skin	spring		vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

By healing them slowly over many nights with the blood of the birds she had caught.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 healing	mark
2	healing	heal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 healing	obj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 healing	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 nights	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nights	amod
7	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 healing	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 blood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 blood	det
10	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nights	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 birds	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 birds	det
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 blood	nmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 caught	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 caught	aux
16	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 birds	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 healing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	gerund		them = they			night	slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	catch	past · perfect · passive	the birds not said here	she					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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