Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a…

By what means did Grethel bring about the death of the old witch?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grethel, old witch · What happens: mean, bring, die

This is exam question 1 of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bring	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bring	aux
5	Grethel	Grethel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bring	nsubj
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 death	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 witch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 witch	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 witch	amod
13	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past · do-support	Grethel	about the death of the old witch	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	die		the old witch		nom death «event intransitive»: of=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

She tricked the witch into the cellar and bolted the heavy wooden door

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 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 cellar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cellar	det
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bolted	cc
9	bolted	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tricked	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 door	amod
12	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 door	amod
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bolted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	She	the witch				into the cellar result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent witch=Patient into cellar=Result
2	bolt	past	She not said here	the heavy wooden door					vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She pushed the witch into the oven and bolted the iron door

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 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 oven	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oven	det
7	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bolted	cc
9	bolted	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pushed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	iron	iron	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 door	amod
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bolted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	She	the witch		the oven			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent witch=Theme into oven=Destination
2	bolt	past	She not said here	the iron door					vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 3

She dragged the witch to the well and pushed her under the water

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 dragged	nsubj
2	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pushed	cc
9	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dragged	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pushed	obj
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	She	the witch		the well			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent witch=Theme to well=Destination
2	push	past	She not said here	her = she		the water			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme under water=Trajectory

Option 4

She burned the witch alive

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 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obj
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 burned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	She	the witch				alive property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent witch=Theme

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