Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf i…

What is the consequence for the eldest daughter who seizes the goose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eldest daughter · What happens: be, seize · To what, where: consequence, goose

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 daughter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 daughter	det
7	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 daughter	amod
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 seizes	nsubj
10	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 daughter	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 goose	det
12	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seizes	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the consequence				for the eldest daughter	tree rules
2	seize	present	the eldest daughter	the goose					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme

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

She is glued to the goose and must follow it back to the palace forever

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 glued	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 glued	aux:pass
3	glued	glue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 goose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goose	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glued	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 follow	cc
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 follow	aux
9	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 glued	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 follow	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 follow	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 follow	obl
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 glued	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glue	present · passive		She				to the goose; forever property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to goose=Co-Patient
2	follow back	must		goose		the palace			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to palace=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She is fastened to the bird and cannot release it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fastened	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fastened	aux:pass
3	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bird	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fastened	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 release	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 release	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 release	advmod
10	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fastened	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 release	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	present · passive		She				to the bird	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to bird=Co-Patient
2	not release	can		bird					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source

Option 3

She is fastened to the goose and dragged along behind every person she meets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fastened	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fastened	aux:pass
3	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 goose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goose	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fastened	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dragged	cc
8	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fastened	conj
9	along	along	ADV	_	8 dragged	advmod
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dragged	obl
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 meets	nsubj
14	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 person	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fasten	present · passive		She	to the goose	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to goose=Co-Patient
2	drag	participle			behind every person; along property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind person=Location
3	meet	present	person	every person not said here		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Co-Agent

Option 4

She is carried off by the bird into the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 bird	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 forest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forest	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	present · passive	the bird	She		the forest			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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