Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha…

Which creatures were observed to alight upon the youth as a sign?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: observe · To what, where: creatures, alight

This is exam question 2 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 creatures	det
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 observed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 observed	aux:pass
4	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 alight	case
6	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 observed	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 youth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 youth	det
9	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observed	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 sign	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sign	det
12	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observed	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 observed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past · passive		which creatures	alight			upon the youth; as a sign	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to alight=Recipient

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

A flock of white birds that settled upon the youth's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flock	det
2	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 settled	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 birds	case
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 birds	amod
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flock	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 settled	nsubj
7	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 head	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 youth	det
10	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 head	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 youth	case
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 settled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	past	a flock of white birds					upon the youth's head	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Three golden bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 bees	nummod
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bees	amod
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3

Two snow-white doves that circled the church altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 doves	nummod
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doves	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 snow	punct
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 doves	amod
5	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 circled	nsubj
7	circled	circle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doves	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 altar	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 altar	compound
10	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 circled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle	past	Two snow white doves	the church altar					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme altar=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Two snow-white doves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 doves	nummod
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 white	obl
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 snow	punct
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 doves	amod
5	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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