Exam question 3 · Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer…

By what means was the ogress Blauvor brought to justice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ogress · What happens: mean, be, bring · To what, where: ogress, justice

This is exam question 3 of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ogress	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ogress	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ogress	det
6	ogress	ogress	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brought	nsubj
7	Blauvor	Blauvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ogress	appos
8	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 justice	case
10	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brought	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the ogress		tree rules
3	bring	past	the ogress		justice	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to justice=Destination

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 drowned in the harbour

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 drowned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drowned	aux:pass
3	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 harbour	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 harbour	det
6	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past · passive		she		the harbour			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

she was thrown from the highest tower of the castle

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 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	from	from	ADP	_	7 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
6	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 tower	amod
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tower	nmod

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

Option 3

she was burned on a pyre in the palace yard

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 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pyre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pyre	det
6	pyre	pyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 yard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 yard	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 yard	compound
10	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		she		a pyre		in the palace yard	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she was beheaded in the market-place

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 beheaded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beheaded	aux:pass
3	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 place	det
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 market	punct
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behead	past · passive		she		the market place			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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