Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the S…

To what forms did the princess transform herself when pursued by the seven Simons?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: form, do, pursue · To what, where: princess transform

This is exam question 1 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» 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	4 did	obj
3	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 transform	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 transform	compound
7	transform	transform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 did	obl:unmarked
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 pursued	advmod
10	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 Simons	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Simons	det
13	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 Simons	nummod
14	Simons	Simons	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pursued	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	form	present			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	the princess transform	herself = she obl:unmarked	tree rules
3	pursue	participle		by the seven Simons	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by simons=Trajectory

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

a white swan, a silver fish, a black mouse, then a golden bird of the sea

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 swan	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swan	amod
3	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fish	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fish	det
6	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fish	amod
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mouse	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mouse	det
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mouse	amod
11	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bird	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 bird	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bird	det
15	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bird	amod
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bird	nmod

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

Option 2

a black raven, a silver eel, then a white hare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 raven	det
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 raven	amod
3	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 eel	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 eel	det
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eel	compound
7	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raven	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hare	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 hare	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hare	det
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hare	amod
12	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raven	conj

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

Option 3

a white swan, a golden hare, then a black crow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 swan	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swan	amod
3	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hare	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hare	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hare	amod
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 crow	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 crow	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crow	det
11	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 crow	amod
12	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a white swan, a silver fish, then a black mouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 swan	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swan	amod
3	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fish	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fish	det
6	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fish	amod
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mouse	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 mouse	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mouse	det
11	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mouse	amod
12	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swan	conj

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

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