Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coi…

What effect did the daughter's water have upon the dog's shape?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: effect, water · What happens: do, have

This is exam question 2 of lesson 218 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 effect	det
2	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 daughter	det
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 daughter	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 shape	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shape	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dog	case
13	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	what effect						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	the daughter's water					upon the dog's shape	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

It instantly turned him back into the human man he once was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	3 turned	advmod
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	3 turned	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 was	nsubj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 was	advmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 man	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	past	It	him = he				into the human man; instantly property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It restored him to human form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 restored	nsubj
2	restored	restore	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 restored	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 form	case
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past	It	him = he	human form				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to form=Recipient

Option 3

It changed him back to a boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	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 changed	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 changed	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 boy	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change back	past	It	him = he				to a boy	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

The water brought back his human shape and voice at the same time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 brought	advmod
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shape	nmod:poss
6	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shape	amod
7	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 voice	cc
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shape	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 time	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	past	the water	water's human shape and voice			time		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shape=Theme

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