Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper…

By what means did the feline reduce the Ogre to a state of consumption?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feline · What happens: mean, reduce · To what, where: Ogre

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» 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	7 reduce	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	7 reduce	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feline	det
6	feline	feline	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduce	nsubj
7	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ogre	det
9	Ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduce	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 state	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 state	det
12	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduce	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 consumption	case
14	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 state	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reduce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	reduce	past · do-support	the feline	the Ogre				to a state of consumption result	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient PP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Causer ogre=Patient by what=Extent to state=Result

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

He tricked him with a lion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lion	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	He	him = he				with a lion	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

He drowned him in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	He	him = he		the river			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He devoured him in mouse form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 devoured	nsubj
2	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 devoured	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 form	case
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	compound
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 devoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	He	him = he		mouse form			vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

He caught him in a trap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 trap	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trap	det
6	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	He	him = he		a trap			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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