Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

To what agent is the transformation of Tattercoats' garments principally attributed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: agent · What happens: be, attribute · To what, where: transformation, garments

This is exam question 1 of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 transformation	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres 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 garments	case
8	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 garments	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 Tattercoats	case
10	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 transformation	nmod
11	principally	principally	ADV	_	12 attributed	advmod
12	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 garments	acl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	agent	the transformation				of Tattercoats's garments	tree rules
2	attribute	participle		Tattercoats's garments not said here				principally property	tree rules

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 right answer

The herdboy's playing upon his pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herdboy	det
2	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 herdboy	case
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pipe	nmod:poss
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund						upon his pipe	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The herdboy's playing upon his pipe, which the court had never heard before

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herdboy	det
2	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pipe	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 herdboy	case
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pipe	nsubj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pipe	nmod:poss
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heard	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 heard	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 heard	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 heard	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 heard	advmod
14	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 pipe	conj
15	before	before	ADV	_	14 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	past · perfect	the court	the herdboy's pipe				before property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

Option 3

The herdboy's playing upon his pipe, a tune that brought the rags to life

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herdboy	det
2	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	's	's	PART	_	2 herdboy	case
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 herdboy	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pipe	nmod:poss
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tune	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tune	det
10	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 herdboy	appos
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 brought	nsubj
12	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tune	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rags	det
14	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 brought	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 life	case
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund	the herdboy not said here					upon his pipe	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past	a tune	the rags		life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rag=Theme to life=Destination

Option 4

The tailor's needle and thread work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tailor	det
2	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needle	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 tailor	case
4	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 work	cc
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	compound
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needle	conj

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

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