Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf i…

By what means does the Wolf gain entry to the cottage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wolf · What happens: mean, gain · To what, where: entry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 111 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf is caught and Little Red-Cap is eaten, then Dummerly finds a golden goose» 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=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gain	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wolf	det
6	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gain	nsubj
7	gain	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gain	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 cottage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cottage	det
11	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entry	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	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 clause=Topic
2	gain	present · do-support	the Wolf	entry				to the cottage result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to cottage=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 pretends to be Red-Cap, bringing her meat and wine from the village

The tree, 14 words

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 pretends	nsubj
2	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 Cap	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 Cap	cop
5	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Cap	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Cap	punct
7	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pretends	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bringing	punct
9	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pretends	advcl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 meat	nmod:poss
11	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bringing	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wine	cc
13	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 meat	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 village	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 village	det
16	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bringing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pretend	present	He			tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive		Red Cap		tree rules
3	bring	gerund	He not said here	Cap's meat and wine	the village	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent meat=Theme from village=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He claims to be Little Red-Cap bringing meat and wine

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 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	8 Cap	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 Cap	cop
5	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Cap	amod
6	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Cap	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Red	punct
8	Cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claims	ccomp
9	bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 Cap	acl
10	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bringing	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wine	cc
12	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Cap	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive		Little Red Cap and wine	tree rules
3	bring	gerund	Little Red Cap and wine not said here	meat	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent meat=Theme

Option 3

He dresses as Red-Cap and says she is bringing meat and wine home

The tree, 14 words

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 dresses	nsubj
2	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 Cap	case
4	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Cap	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Red	punct
6	Cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dresses	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dresses	conj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bringing	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 bringing	aux
11	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 says	ccomp
12	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bringing	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wine	cc
14	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 meat	conj
15	home	home	ADV	_	11 bringing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dress	present	He		as Red Cap	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bring	present · progressive	she	meat and wine	home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent meat=Theme

Option 4

He says he's the huntsman sent to check on her

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sent	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 huntsman	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 huntsman	det
6	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 he	conj
7	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 check	mark
9	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sent	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	he not said here	the huntsman		tree rules
3	send	past	he			tree rules
4	check	to-infinitive	he not said here		on her = she	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on she=Location

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