Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…

What was the principal consequence of the swineherd's disposal of the plant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 disposal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 swineherd	det
8	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disposal	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 swineherd	case
10	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 plant	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plant	det
13	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disposal	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the swineherd's disposal of the plant	tree rules

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 plant was burned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plant	det
2	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 burned	aux:pass
4	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		the plant					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The king's cure was lost forever and the kingdom grew sad and silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 lost	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grew	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kingdom	det
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grew	nsubj
11	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	conj
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grew	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 silent	cc
14	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		the king's cure				forever property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	grow	past	the kingdom					sad property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The king's cure was lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

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

Option 4

The king got sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the king					sick property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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