Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape…

Which of the following best describes the agreement made between Bearskin and the youngest daughter through the division of the ring?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: agreement · What happens: follow, describe, make · To what, where: division

This is exam question 1 of lesson 113 «Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape back and claims his bride, and Cinderella begins» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 agreement	det
8	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 Bearskin	case
11	Bearskin	Bearskin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 daughter	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 daughter	det
14	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 daughter	amod
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	conj
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 division	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 division	det
18	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 ring	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ring	det
21	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 division	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	make	past	the agreement	the division of the ring	between Bearskin	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

a mutual pledge, sealed by the exchange of halves and a long journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pledge	det
2	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pledge	amod
3	pledge	pledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sealed	punct
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pledge	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 exchange	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 exchange	det
8	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sealed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 halves	case
10	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 exchange	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 journey	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 journey	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 journey	amod
14	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exchange	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a mutual pledge not said here				by the exchange of halves and a long journey	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	exchange			halves					nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a mutual pledge, sealed by the exchange of halves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pledge	det
2	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pledge	amod
3	pledge	pledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sealed	punct
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pledge	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 exchange	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 exchange	det
8	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sealed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 halves	case
10	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 exchange	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a mutual pledge not said here				by the exchange of halves	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	exchange			halves					nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

an oath of loyalty, witnessed by the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 oath	det
2	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 loyalty	case
4	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oath	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 witnessed	punct
6	witnessed	witness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 oath	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 witnessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	witness	participle		a oath of loyalty not said here				by the king	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent

Option 4

a binding contract of shared ownership

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 contract	det
2	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contract	compound
3	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 ownership	case
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ownership	amod
6	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contract	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules
2	contract			shared ownership					nom contract «communication transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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