Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba…

By what means did the enchantress effect the restoration of the twenty-two swine?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: enchantress effect · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 effect	det
6	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effect	compound
7	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 restoration	det
9	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effect	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	15 swine	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 swine	det
12	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 two	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 twenty	punct
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 swine	nummod
15	swine	swine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restoration	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the enchantress effect					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality

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 sprinkling herbs and chanting a long spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sprinkling	mark
2	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sprinkling	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 chanting	cc
5	chanting	chant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sprinkling	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spell	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spell	amod
8	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chanting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	gerund		herbs					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent herb=Theme
2	chant	gerund		a long spell					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By striking them with a golden staff and singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 striking	mark
2	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 striking	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 staff	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 staff	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 staff	amod
7	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 striking	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 singing	cc
9	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 staff	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund		them = they				with a golden staff and singing	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with staff=Instrument

Option 3

By touching them with a rod

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 touching	mark
2	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touching	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rod	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rod	det
6	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund		them = they				with a rod	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer with rod=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By waving her wand and repeating a few magic words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 waving	mark
2	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wand	nmod:poss
4	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waving	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 repeating	cc
6	repeating	repeat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waving	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 words	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
9	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 repeating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund		her wand					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient
2	repeat	gerund		a few magic words					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality

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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