Exam question 2 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

Which fate befell the swineherd, his wife and his daughter by royal decree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fate · What happens: befall · To what, where: swineherd

This is exam question 2 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 fate	det
2	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	nsubj
3	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 swineherd	det
5	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wife	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swineherd	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 daughter	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 daughter	nmod:poss
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wife	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 decree	case
13	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 decree	amod
14	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 befell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	past	which fate	the swineherd				by royal decree	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

They were sent to the mines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 mines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mines	det
6	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		They		the mines			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mine=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were executed by hanging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 hanging	mark
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 executed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		They					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hang	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They were thrown from the tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		They		the tower			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from tower=Initial_Location

Option 4

They were executed by hanging at dawn in the town square

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 hanging	mark
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 executed	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hanging	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 square	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 square	det
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 square	compound
11	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		They					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hang	gerund				the town square	dawn		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location

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