Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned appl…
Which outcome concludes the narrative and resolves the central conflict between the queen and the young princess?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: outcome · What happens: conclude, resolve · To what, where: narrative, central conflict
This is exam question 4 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 outcome | det |
| 2 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 concludes | nsubj |
| 3 | concludes | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 narrative | det |
| 5 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 concludes | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 resolves | cc |
| 7 | resolves | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 concludes | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 conflict | det |
| 9 | central | central | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 conflict | amod |
| 10 | conflict | conflict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 resolves | obj |
| 11 | between | between | ADP | _ | 13 queen | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 queen | det |
| 13 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conflict | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 princess | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 princess | det |
| 16 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 princess | amod |
| 17 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 queen | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 concludes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | present | which outcome | the narrative | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrative=Theme | ||||
| 2 | resolve | present | which outcome not said here | the central conflict | between the queen and the young princess | tree rules |
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 prince leaves and the queen is crowned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaves | nsubj |
| 3 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 crowned | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 queen | det |
| 6 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crowned | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 crowned | aux:pass |
| 8 | crowned | crown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 leaves | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | the prince | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | crown | present · passive | the queen | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Snow-White marries the prince, the dwarfs cry, and the queen is undone by her own envy in a dark cellar
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | obl |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Snow | punct |
| 3 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | nsubj |
| 4 | marries | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cry | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dwarfs | det |
| 9 | dwarfs | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cry | nsubj |
| 10 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 marries | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 undone | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 undone | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 queen | det |
| 14 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 undone | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 undone | aux:pass |
| 16 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 marries | parataxis |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 envy | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 envy | nmod:poss |
| 19 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 envy | amod |
| 20 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 undone | obl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 cellar | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 cellar | det |
| 23 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 cellar | amod |
| 24 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 undone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | present | White | Snow | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present | the dwarfs | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | undo | present · passive | queen's own envy | the queen | a dark cellar | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 4 | envy | queen | nom envy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Snow-White marries the prince and the queen is undone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 White | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Snow | punct |
| 3 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | nsubj |
| 4 | marries | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 undone | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queen | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 undone | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 undone | aux:pass |
| 11 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 marries | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | present | Snow White | the prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | ||||
| 2 | undo | present · passive | the queen | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
Snow-White marries the prince, and the queen is undone by dancing in red-hot shoes
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | obl |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Snow | punct |
| 3 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | nsubj |
| 4 | marries | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marries | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 undone | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 undone | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 queen | det |
| 10 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 undone | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 undone | aux:pass |
| 12 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 marries | conj |
| 13 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 14 dancing | mark |
| 14 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 undone | advcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 shoes | case |
| 16 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shoes | amod |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 red | punct |
| 18 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shoes | amod |
| 19 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 dancing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | present | White | Snow | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | ||||
| 2 | undo | present · passive | the queen | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | dance | gerund | red hot shoes | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |
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