Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ri…

In what manner did the golden rod's transformation facilitate the prince's ascent to the city?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: transformation, golden rod · What happens: do, facilitate, transform · To what, where: manner, ascent

This is exam question 2 of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» 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	7 rod	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rod	amod
7	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transformation	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 rod	case
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facilitate	nsubj
10	facilitate	facilitate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ascent	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 prince	case
14	ascent	ascent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facilitate	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 city	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 city	det
17	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facilitate	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	facilitate	infinitive	the golden rod's transformation	the prince's ascent		to the city	tree rules
3	transform		the golden rod				nom transformation «event 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

It grew long, bright, and strong, and turned into a golden staircase for him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bright	punct
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 strong	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 strong	cc
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 turned	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 turned	cc
11	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 staircase	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 staircase	det
14	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 staircase	amod
15	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turned	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	It					long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	turn	past				a golden staircase		for him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into staircase=Trajectory

Option 2

It grew into a tall tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	It					into a tall tree result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into tree=Result

Option 3

It stretched upward and became a golden ladder reaching the city's gates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stretched	nsubj
2	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upward	upward	ADV	_	2 stretched	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 became	cc
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stretched	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ladder	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ladder	amod
8	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	xcomp
9	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 ladder	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gates	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 city	case
13	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stretch	past	It		upward property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	become	past		a golden ladder		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	reach	gerund	a golden ladder not said here	the city's gates		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It became a golden ladder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ladder	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ladder	amod
5	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	It	a golden ladder					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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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