--- title: Into what creature did the stone transform when the old woman unfast… — English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Into what creature did the stone transform when the old woman unfastened her shawl? Exam question 2 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» of the books course of Mova's primary scho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's bl… Into what creature did the stone transform when the old woman unfastened her shawl? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, old woman · **What happens:** do, unfasten · **To what, where:** stone transform, shawl This is exam question 2 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/243-pg14241-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e2:1 # text = Into what creature did the stone transform when the old woman unfastened her shawl? 1 Into into ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 transform transform NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 unfastened unfasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 shawl shawl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | creature | the stone transform | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transform=Eventuality | | 2 | **unfasten** | participle | the old woman | woman's shawl | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shawl=Patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} a small cow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = a small cow 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a horse-sized kow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = a horse-sized kow 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 sized size VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 kow kow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **size** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} a pony-sized beast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = a pony-sized beast 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 sized size VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **size** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} a dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = a dog 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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