Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned appl…

Which statement most accurately characterises the seven dwarfs' treatment of Snow-White following her revival?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, seven dwarfs · What happens: characteris, follow, treat, revive · To what, where: treatment, revival

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dwarfs	det
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 dwarfs	nummod
8	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 treatment	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 dwarfs	case
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 White	case
12	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 White	obl
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Snow	punct
14	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 treatment	nmod
15	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 White	advcl
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 revival	nmod:poss
17	revival	revival	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which statement	the seven dwarfs's treatment of White	accurately property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	which statement not said here	statement's revival		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revival=Theme
3	treat		the seven dwarfs			nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	revive		statement			nom revival «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They warn her and protect her each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	nsubj
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 protect	cc
5	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 warn	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 time	nmod:poss
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	They		her = she				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	protect	infinitive	They not said here				time		vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They scold her and leave her alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scold	nsubj
2	scold	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scold	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 leave	cc
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 scold	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	present	They	her = she					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	leave	infinitive	They not said here	her = she				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

They warn her, protect her each time, and even ask the prince to keep her safe at the palace

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	nsubj
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 protect	punct
5	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warn	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 protect	obj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protect	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ask	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ask	cc
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 ask	advmod
12	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 warn	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ask	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ask	xcomp
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obj
18	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 keep	xcomp
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 palace	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 palace	det
21	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	They		her = she				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	protect	present	They not said here		her = she		time		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive			the prince				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive		her = she		the palace		safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme at palace=Location

Option 4

They warn her and protect her each time, though she never learns to heed them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	nsubj
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 protect	cc
5	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 warn	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 time	nmod:poss
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protect	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 learns	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 learns	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 learns	nsubj
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 learns	advmod
13	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warn	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 heed	mark
15	heed	heed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 learns	xcomp
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 heed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	They		her = she		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	protect	infinitive	They not said here			time	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	not learn	present	she				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	heed	to-infinitive	she not said here	them = they			vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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