Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, par…

Identify the principal agent of the spiritual transformation described in the passage, namely the young woman known as Inge, and state the precise nature of her transformed form.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Inge · What happens: identify, describe, know, state, transform, form · To what, where: principal agent, spiritual transformation, passage, namely young woman, precise nature

This is exam question 1 of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 agent	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 agent	amod
4	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 transformation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 transformation	det
7	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 transformation	amod
8	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 agent	nmod
9	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 transformation	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 woman	punct
14	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 woman	amod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 woman	det
16	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 woman	amod
17	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passage	appos
18	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 woman	acl
19	as	as	ADP	_	20 Inge	case
20	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 known	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 state	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 state	cc
23	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 nature	det
25	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 nature	amod
26	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 state	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	30 form	case
28	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 form	nmod:poss
29	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 form	amod
30	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 nature	nmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal agent of the spiritual transformation			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
2	describe	participle		the spiritual transformation not said here	the passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	know	participle		the namely young woman not said here		as Inge	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as inge=Attribute
4	state speech: other	infinitive		the precise nature of Inge's transformed form			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
5	transform	participle					vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	form		Inge				nom form «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

Inge, transformed into a small bird of voiceless disposition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inge	inge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 transformed	punct
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Inge	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 bird	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 disposition	case
9	voiceless	voiceless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 disposition	amod
10	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bird	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	participle		Inge not said here				into a small bird of voiceless disposition result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bird=Result

Option 2

A young girl named Inge, transformed into a white bird with no voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 girl	acl
5	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 named	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 transformed	punct
7	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 girl	acl
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 bird	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bird	det
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bird	amod
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 transformed	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 voice	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 voice	det
14	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bird	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		a young girl not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	transform	participle		a young girl not said here				into a white bird with no voice result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bird=Result

Option 3

Inge, transformed into a small bird of voiceless disposition that lived in a ruined wall and fed the birds

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inge	inge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 transformed	punct
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Inge	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 bird	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 disposition	case
9	voiceless	voiceless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 disposition	amod
10	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bird	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lived	nsubj
12	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 disposition	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 wall	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wall	det
15	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 wall	amod
16	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lived	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fed	cc
18	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lived	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 birds	det
20	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	transform	participle		Inge not said here			into a small bird of voiceless disposition result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bird=Result
2	live	past	voiceless disposition			a ruined wall		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wall=Location
3	ruin	participle						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	feed	past	voiceless disposition not said here		the birds			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Inge, turned into a grey bird with no song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inge	Inge	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Inge	punct
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 bird	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 song	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 song	det
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Inge					into a grey bird result; with no song	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bird=Result

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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