Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Ara…

Which option accurately states the consequence suffered by the ostrich when it ascended toward the sun without invoking the Divine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: option · What happens: state, suffer, ascend, invoke · To what, where: consequence, option, Divine

This is exam question 3 of lesson 896 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house» 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 option	det
2	option	option	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 states	advmod
4	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	obj
7	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 consequence	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 ostrich	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ostrich	det
10	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffered	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 ascended	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ascended	nsubj:pass
13	ascended	ascend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 states	advcl
14	toward	toward	ADP	_	16 sun	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun	det
16	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ascended	obl
17	without	without	SCONJ	_	18 invoking	mark
18	invoking	invoke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 ascended	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Divine	det
20	Divine	Divine	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 invoking	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	which option	the consequence	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	suffer	participle		the consequence not said here	by the ostrich	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	ascend	participle · passive		option	toward the sun	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
4	invoke	gerund		the Divine		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

Its wings were singed and bent, so it sank into the sand below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wings	nmod:poss
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 singed	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 singed	aux:pass
4	singed	singe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bent	cc
6	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 singed	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sank	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 sank	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sank	nsubj
10	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 singed	advcl
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 sand	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sand	det
13	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sank	obl
14	below	below	ADV	_	10 sank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	singe	past · passive		Its wings			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	bend	participle					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sink	past	it		the sand	below property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its wings were scorched and shrivelled, and it fell to the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wings	nmod:poss
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scorched	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scorched	aux:pass
4	scorched	scorch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shrivelled	cc
6	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 scorched	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fell	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fell	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scorched	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 earth	det
13	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scorch	past · passive		Its wings		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	shrivell	participle				tree rules
3	fall	past	it		to the earth	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme

Option 3

It burned its wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wings	nmod:poss
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	It	its wings					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme

Option 4

Its wings were scorched and shrivelled, it fell to the earth, and it could never fly again over the great house

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wings	nmod:poss
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scorched	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scorched	aux:pass
4	scorched	scorch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shrivelled	cc
6	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 scorched	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fell	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scorched	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fly	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fly	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fly	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 fly	aux
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 fly	advmod
18	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 scorched	parataxis
19	again	again	ADV	_	18 fly	advmod
20	over	over	ADP	_	23 house	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
22	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 house	amod
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scorch	past · passive		Its wings				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	shrivell	participle						tree rules
3	fall	past	it				to the earth	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme
4	not fly	could	earth		the great house	again		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over house=Location

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