Exam question 3 · Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trappe…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the old woman confined Hansel within a cage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: follow, state, confine · To what, where: reason, Hansel

This is exam question 3 of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 confined	nsubj
12	confined	confine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
13	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 confined	obj
14	within	within	ADP	_	16 cage	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cage	det
16	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 confined	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	confine	past	the old woman	Hansel	within a cage	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hansel=Theme

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

She wished to keep him as a servant

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 servant	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 servant	det
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he				as a servant	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She intended to fatten him before consuming him

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 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fatten	mark
4	fatten	fatten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fatten	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 consuming	mark
7	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fatten	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 consuming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	intend	past	She		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fatten not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	consume	gerund	She not said here	him = he	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She planned to sell him later

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 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sell	mark
4	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planned	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sell	iobj
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 sell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	She						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		him = he			late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

She wanted a pet

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pet	det
4	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	a pet					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pet=Theme

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