Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes bac…
Explain the significance of the witch's decision to turn her daughter away from the King's gaze.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, witch, King · What happens: explain, turn, decide, gaze · To what, where: significance, daughter
This is exam question 3 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 significance | det |
| 3 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 decision | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 decision | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 witch | case |
| 8 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 significance | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 turn | mark |
| 10 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Explain | advcl |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 12 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turn | obj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 turn | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 gaze | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 King | det |
| 16 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 gaze | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 King | case |
| 18 | gaze | gaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 away | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the significance of the witch's decision | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic | ||||
| 2 | turn | to-infinitive | you not said here | her daughter | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme daughter=Result | |||
| 3 | decide | the witch | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | gaze | the King | nom gaze «act intransitive»: 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
It was a scheme intended to hide the girl's blind eye and continue the deceit
The tree, 16 words
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 | 4 scheme | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 scheme | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 scheme | det |
| 4 | scheme | scheme | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | intended | intend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 scheme | acl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hide | mark |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 intended | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 girl | det |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 eye | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 girl | case |
| 11 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 eye | amod |
| 12 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 continue | cc |
| 14 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hide | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 deceit | det |
| 16 | deceit | deceit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 continue | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a scheme | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | intend | participle | a scheme not said here | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hide not said to happen | to-infinitive | the girl's blind eye | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||||
| 4 | continue | infinitive | the deceit | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent deceit=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She did it to keep the King from noticing that her daughter was unfit for court
The tree, 16 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 | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obj |
| 8 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 9 noticing | mark |
| 9 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 keep | advcl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 unfit | mark |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 12 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 unfit | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 unfit | cop |
| 14 | unfit | unfit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 noticing | ccomp |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 court | case |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 unfit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | She | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | She not said here | the King | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | ||||
| 3 | notice | gerund | She not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | past | her daughter | for court; unfit property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It was an act of deception designed to conceal the daughter's missing eye and sustain the fraud
The tree, 18 words
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 | 4 act | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 act | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 act | det |
| 4 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 deception | case |
| 6 | deception | deception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 act | nmod |
| 7 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 act | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 conceal | mark |
| 9 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 designed | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 daughter | det |
| 11 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 eye | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 daughter | case |
| 13 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 eye | amod |
| 14 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 conceal | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sustain | cc |
| 16 | sustain | sustain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 conceal | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 fraud | det |
| 18 | fraud | fraud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sustain | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a act | of deception | tree rules | |||
| 2 | design | participle | a act not said here | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | conceal | to-infinitive | the daughter's missing eye | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||||
| 4 | sustain | present | the fraud | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fraud=Theme |
Option 4
She hid her shame
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 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 shame | nmod:poss |
| 4 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | She | her shame | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Patient | ||||
| 2 | shame | her = she | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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