Exam question 2 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre…

To what extent did Little Thumb's exchange of the golden crowns and bonnets contribute to the death of the Ogre's seven daughters?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent, exchange, Little Thumb, seven daughters · What happens: do, contribute, exchange, die · To what, where: death, golden crowns

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1089 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre kills his own daughters by mistake and the boys flee» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Thumb	amod
6	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 exchange	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Thumb	case
8	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 contribute	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 crowns	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crowns	det
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 crowns	amod
12	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 exchange	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bonnets	cc
14	bonnets	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 crowns	conj
15	contribute	contribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 death	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 death	det
18	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 contribute	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	24 daughters	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Ogre	det
21	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 daughters	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Ogre	case
23	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 daughters	nummod
24	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 death	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	past	extent			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	contribute	present	Little Thumb's exchange of the golden crowns and bonnets		the death of the Ogre's seven daughters	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to death=Recipient
3	exchange		Little Thumb	the golden crowns and bonnets		nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
4	die		the Ogre's seven daughters			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

It saved the boys from being killed

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 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boys	det
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saved	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 killed	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 killed	aux:pass
7	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	It	the boys					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	kill	gerund · passive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It caused the Ogre to kill them in error

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 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ogre	det
4	Ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 kill	mark
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 caused	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kill	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 error	case
9	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	It	the Ogre					tree rules
2	kill	to-infinitive	the Ogre not said here	them = they		error			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

It led the Ogre to kill them by mistake

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 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ogre	det
4	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 kill	mark
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 led	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kill	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 mistake	case
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	It	the Ogre					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ogre=Patient clause=Result
2	kill	to-infinitive	the Ogre not said here	them = they				by mistake	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It meant the Ogre's wife fainted and the boys escaped the house

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 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ogre	det
4	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wife	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Ogre	case
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fainted	nsubj
7	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 meant	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 escaped	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boys	det
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 escaped	nsubj
11	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 meant	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 escaped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	past	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	faint	past	the Ogre's wife		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	escape	past	the boys	the house	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Initial_Location

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