Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

Upon what condition was the transformation of the Laidly Worm reversed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: be, reverse · To what, where: transformation, Laidly Worm

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 transformation	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 transformation	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 transformation	det
6	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Worm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Worm	det
9	Laidly	Laidly	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Worm	compound
10	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 transformation	nmod
11	reversed	reverse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Worm	acl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	condition	the transformation				of the Laidly Worm	tree rules
2	reverse	participle		the Laidly Worm not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

A promise of gold and three kisses from Childe Wynd's own lips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kisses	cc
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kisses	nummod
7	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 promise	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	13 lips	case
9	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Wynd	compound
10	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 lips	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Wynd	case
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lips	amod
13	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 promise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise			gold		Childe Wynd's own lips			nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient from=place

Option 2

Three gifts from his mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 gifts	nummod
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 mother	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gifts	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Three kisses from Childe Wynd given at the castle gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kisses	nummod
2	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Wynd	case
4	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Wynd	compound
5	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kisses	nmod
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kisses	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	compound
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		Three kisses from Childe Wynd not said here		the castle gate			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at gate=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Three kisses from Childe Wynd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kisses	nummod
2	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Wynd	case
4	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Wynd	compound
5	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kisses	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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