Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned appl…

What is the principal function of the glass in the narrative as it develops across this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrative · What happens: be, develop · To what, where: principal function, part

This is exam question 2 of lesson 106 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the prince's wedding» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 function	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 function	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 function	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 function	amod
5	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 glass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 glass	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 narrative	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrative	det
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 glass	nmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 develops	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 develops	nsubj
14	develops	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 function	advcl
15	across	across	ADP	_	17 part	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 part	det
17	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 develops	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 function	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal function				of the glass in the narrative	tree rules
2	develop	present	narrative			this part			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It reveals that Snow-White remains alive

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	2 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 remains	mark
4	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remains	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Snow	punct
6	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	amod
7	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 reveals	advcl
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reveals	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It					alive property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It reveals that Snow-White remains alive and lovelier than the queen, which enrages her

The tree, 15 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	2 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 remains	mark
4	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 White	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Snow	punct
6	White	White	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 remains	nsubj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reveals	advcl
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lovelier	cc
10	lovelier	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 remains	conj
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 queen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 queen	det
13	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lovelier	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 enrages	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 enrages	nsubj
16	enrages	enrage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 queen	acl:relcl
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 enrages	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	remain	present	Snow White		alive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	enrage	present	the queen	White		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 3

It reveals that Snow-White remains alive, and that the dwarfs have hidden her in the forest

The tree, 17 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	2 reveals	nsubj
2	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 remains	mark
4	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 White	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Snow	punct
6	White	White	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 remains	nsubj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reveals	advcl
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hidden	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hidden	cc
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 hidden	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dwarfs	det
13	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hidden	nsubj:pass
14	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 hidden	aux
15	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reveals	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hidden	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 forest	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 forest	det
19	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	It				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	remain	present	Snow White			alive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hide	present · perfect · passive		the dwarfs	the forest		tree rules

Option 4

It confirms that the dwarfs are kind

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	2 confirms	nsubj
2	confirms	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 kind	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dwarfs	det
5	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kind	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kind	cop
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 confirms	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	present	It						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the dwarfs					kind property	tree rules

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