Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes bac…

Identify the principal motive attributed to the stepmother in her plotting against the children and their household.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, attribute, plot · To what, where: principal motive

This is exam question 2 of lesson 100 «Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes back to life and the witch is punished» 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 motive	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 motive	amod
4	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 motive	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 stepmother	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stepmother	det
8	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributed	obl
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	11 plotting	mark
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 plotting	nmod:poss
11	plotting	plot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 attributed	advcl
12	against	against	ADP	_	14 children	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 children	det
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 plotting	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 household	cc
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 household	nmod:poss
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 children	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal motive		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme
2	attribute	participle		the principal motive not said here	to the stepmother	tree rules
3	plot	gerund			against the children and children's household	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

She was filled with bitter envy and jealousy at the happiness and prosperity of the children and their household, and wanted to destroy it all

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 filled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 filled	aux:pass
3	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 envy	case
5	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 envy	amod
6	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 jealousy	cc
8	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 envy	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 happiness	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 happiness	det
11	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 prosperity	cc
13	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 happiness	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 children	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 prosperity	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 household	cc
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 household	nmod:poss
19	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 happiness	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 wanted	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wanted	cc
22	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 filled	parataxis
23	to	to	PART	_	24 destroy	mark
24	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 wanted	xcomp
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 destroy	obj
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fill	past · passive	She	the happiness and prosperity of the children and children's household	with bitter envy and jealousy	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with envy=Instrument
2	want	past				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	destroy not said to happen	to-infinitive	household			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was consumed by envy and jealousy at their happiness and prosperity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 envy	case
5	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 jealousy	cc
7	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 envy	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 happiness	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 happiness	nmod:poss
10	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 prosperity	cc
12	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 happiness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	envy and jealousy	She		envy's happiness and prosperity			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 3

She was consumed by jealousy at the children's happiness, and resented that the father loved them more than he had ever loved her, so she schemed endlessly

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 jealousy	case
5	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 happiness	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 happiness	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 children	case
10	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 resented	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 resented	cc
13	resented	resent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	conj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 loved	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 father	det
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 loved	nsubj
17	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 resented	ccomp
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 loved	obj
19	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 loved	obj
20	than	than	SCONJ	_	24 loved	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 loved	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 loved	aux
23	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	24 loved	advmod
24	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 more	advcl
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 loved	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 schemed	punct
27	so	so	ADV	_	29 schemed	advmod
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 schemed	nsubj
29	schemed	scheme	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	conj
30	endlessly	endlessly	ADV	_	29 schemed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	jealousy	She	the children's happiness			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	resent	past	jealousy not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	love	past	the father	children = child				tree rules
4	love	past · perfect	father	her = she		ever		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
5	scheme	past	she				endlessly property	vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She hated the children for being favoured by their father in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hated	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 favoured	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 favoured	aux:pass
7	favoured	favour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hated	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 father	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 favoured	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 father	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	She	the children					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
2	favour	gerund · passive	children's father in the house						tree rules

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