Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth…

What was the eventual fate of the stable helper who had contrived the youth's downfall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stable helper · What happens: be, contrive · To what, where: eventual fate, downfall

This is exam question 4 of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» 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	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 helper	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 helper	det
8	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 helper	amod
9	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 contrived	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 contrived	aux
12	contrived	contrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 helper	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 youth	det
14	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 downfall	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 youth	case
16	downfall	downfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contrived	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eventual fate				of the stable helper	tree rules
2	contrive	past · perfect	the stable helper	the youth's downfall					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent downfall=Result

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

He was thrown into the river, consumed by envy, after the king learned of his lies

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 consumed	punct
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thrown	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 envy	case
10	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 learned	punct
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 learned	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 learned	nsubj
15	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 lies	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 lies	nmod:poss
18	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 learned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		He	into the river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result
2	consume	participle			by envy	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	learn	past	the king		of king's lies	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of lie=Topic
4	lie		king			nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He drowned himself, consumed by envy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 drowned	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 consumed	punct
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drowned	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 envy	case
7	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	He	himself = he					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	consume	participle	He not said here					by envy	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He starved in the dungeon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 starved	nsubj
2	starved	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dungeon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dungeon	det
5	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 starved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past	He			the dungeon			tree rules

Option 4

He drowned himself, consumed by envy and bitter rage at the youth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 drowned	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 consumed	punct
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drowned	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 envy	case
7	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rage	cc
9	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rage	amod
10	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 envy	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 youth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 youth	det
13	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	He	himself = he					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	consume	participle	He not said here			the youth		by envy and bitter rage	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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