Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape…

In which manner does the narrative resolve the Soldier's transformation from his bestial appearance to his human form?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: manner, you, Soldier · What happens: do, resolve, transform, form · To what, where: narrative, transformation, bestial appearance

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 resolve	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	resolve	resolve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Soldier	det
9	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 transformation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Soldier	case
11	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resolve	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 appearance	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 appearance	nmod:poss
14	bestial	bestial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 appearance	amod
15	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resolve	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 form	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 form	nmod:poss
18	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 form	amod
19	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resolve	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 resolve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	which manner	the narrative			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrative=Eventuality
2	resolve	imperative	you not said here	the Soldier's transformation	manner's bestial appearance	to manner's human form	tree rules
3	transform		the Soldier				nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent
4	form		manner				nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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

through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming, and then a ring that reveals his true identity to all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	6 cleansing	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 One	det
3	Evil	Evil	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 One	compound
4	One	One	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 One	case
6	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grooming	cc
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ring	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ring	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 ring	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ring	det
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	appos
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 reveals	nsubj
15	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ring	acl:relcl
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 identity	nmod:poss
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 identity	amod
18	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reveals	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 reveals	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	present	a ring	his true identity	all				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent identity=Topic to all=Recipient
2	cleanse		the Evil One						nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming of the Soldier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	6 cleansing	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 One	det
3	Evil	Evil	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 One	compound
4	One	One	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 One	case
6	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grooming	cc
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Soldier	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Soldier	det
11	Soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grooming	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cleanse		the Evil One						nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent
2	groom			the Soldier					nom grooming «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming of the Soldier, who then wed the bride in a grand feast

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	6 cleansing	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 One	det
3	Evil	Evil	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 One	compound
4	One	One	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 One	case
6	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grooming	cc
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Soldier	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Soldier	det
11	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cleansing	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wed	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 wed	nsubj
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 wed	advmod
15	wed	w	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bride	det
17	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wed	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 feast	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 feast	det
20	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 feast	amod
21	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	w	past		the bride		the Evil One's cleansing of the Soldier and grooming	then	in a grand feast	tree rules
2	cleanse		the Evil One	the Soldier					nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

through a long wandering and a final washing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	4 wandering	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wandering	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wandering	amod
4	wandering	wandering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 washing	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 washing	det
7	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 washing	amod
8	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wandering	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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