Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwar…

State the precise condition under which the eldest brother was transformed, as set forth on the first tablet.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: transform, set · To what, where: eldest brother, precise condition, first tablet

This is exam question 3 of lesson 762 «Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwarf wins the three tasks» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 condition	amod
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 transformed	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brother	det
8	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 brother	amod
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 transformed	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 transformed	aux:pass
11	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 set	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 set	mark
14	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 transformed	conj
15	forth	forth	ADV	_	14 set	advmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 tablet	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tablet	det
18	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 tablet	amod
19	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 set	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		the eldest brother		the precise condition			vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	set	participle				the first tablet		forth property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on tablet=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 · ✓ the right answer

If a pearl was missing at sunset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 missing	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pearl	det
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 missing	aux
5	missing	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sunset	case
7	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past · progressive	a pearl				sunset		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

At sunset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 sunset	case
2	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

If a pearl was lost at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 lost	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pearl	det
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		a pearl			dawn		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

When a pearl was missing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 missing	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pearl	det
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 missing	cop
5	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a pearl					missing property	tree rules

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