Exam question 2 · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the…
What was the outcome of the witch's attempt to steal the sword during the night?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witch · What happens: be, steal, attempt · To what, where: outcome, sword
This is exam question 2 of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's secret» 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 | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 outcome | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 outcome | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 outcome | det |
| 4 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 attempt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 witch | det |
| 7 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 witch | case |
| 9 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 steal | mark |
| 11 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 attempt | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sword | det |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 steal | obj |
| 14 | during | during | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 night | det |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 steal | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 outcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the outcome | of the witch's attempt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal | to-infinitive | the sword | night | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme | ||||
| 3 | attempt | the witch | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=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
She was caught by the guards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 guards | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guards | det |
| 6 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | the guards | She | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Her iron nose was sliced off by the blade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nose | compound |
| 3 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sliced | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sliced | aux:pass |
| 5 | sliced | slice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 sliced | compound:prt |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 blade | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 blade | det |
| 9 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sliced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slice off | past · passive | the blade | Her iron nose | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 3
She fled before the sword touched her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 touched | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 touched | nsubj |
| 6 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fled | advcl |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 touched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | She | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | touch | past | the sword | her = she | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Her iron nose was sliced off by the blade as she crept through the tent in the dark night
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nose | compound |
| 3 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sliced | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sliced | aux:pass |
| 5 | sliced | slice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 sliced | compound:prt |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 blade | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 blade | det |
| 9 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sliced | obl |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 crept | mark |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 crept | nsubj |
| 12 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sliced | advcl |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 15 tent | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tent | det |
| 15 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crept | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 night | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 night | det |
| 18 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 night | amod |
| 19 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slice off | past · passive | the blade | Her iron nose | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | creep | past | she | the tent | night | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tent=Trajectory |
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