Exam question 3 · Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic w…

In what manner did the Zhar-Ptitsa restore the murdered prince to life?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zhar Ptitsa · What happens: do, restore, murder · To what, where: manner, murdered prince, life

This is exam question 3 of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ptitsa	det
6	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Ptitsa	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Zhar	punct
8	Ptitsa	Ptitsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 restore	nsubj
9	restore	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
11	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 prince	amod
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restore	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 life	case
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 prince	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	past				what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	restore	present	the Zhar Ptitsa	the murdered prince	life		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to life=Recipient
3	murder	participle					vn murder-42.1 «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

by flying down, gathering his scattered fragments and sprinkling them with water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 flying	mark
2	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 flying	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gathering	punct
5	gathering	gather	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flying	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fragments	nmod:poss
7	scattered	scatter	ADJ	_	8 fragments	amod
8	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gathering	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sprinkling	cc
10	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flying	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sprinkling	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 water	case
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sprinkling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fly down	gerund			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	gather	gerund	his scattered fragments		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Theme
3	sprinkle	gerund	fragments = fragment	with water	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with water=Theme

Option 2

by sewing his limbs and blowing on them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sewing	mark
2	sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 limbs	nmod:poss
4	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sewing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 blowing	cc
6	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sewing	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	gerund		his limbs					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Product
2	blow	gerund						on limbs = limb	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

by gathering his pieces and sprinkling them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 gathering	mark
2	gathering	gather	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 pieces	nmod:poss
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gathering	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sprinkling	cc
6	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gathering	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sprinkling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	gerund		his pieces					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
2	sprinkle	gerund		pieces = piece					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by collecting his fragments and sprinkling them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 collecting	mark
2	collecting	collect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fragments	nmod:poss
4	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collecting	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sprinkling	cc
6	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 collecting	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sprinkling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	gerund		his fragments					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Theme
2	sprinkle	gerund		fragments = fragment					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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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