Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape…

What is the principal function of the hazel sprig within the account of Cinderella's early circumstances?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal function · What happens: be, account · To what, where: early circumstances

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 function	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 function	amod
5	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 sprig	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sprig	det
8	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sprig	compound
9	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 account	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 account	det
12	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sprig	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 circumstances	case
14	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 circumstances	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Cinderella	case
16	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 circumstances	amod
17	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 account	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal function of the hazel sprig within the account of Cinderella's early circumstances						tree rules
2	account			Cinderella's early circumstances					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

it serves as a gift from the father

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 gift	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gift	det
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 father	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 father	det
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	it					as a gift; from the father	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as gift=Attribute

Option 2

it stands as a memory of the fair's tree

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 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 memory	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 memory	det
5	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fair	det
8	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 fair	case
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 memory	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	it					as a memory of the fair's tree	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

it becomes a living link between the girl and her dead mother, growing into a tree over the grave

The tree, 19 words

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 link	det
4	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 link	amod
5	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 girl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 link	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mother	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mother	amod
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 growing	punct
14	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 becomes	parataxis
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 tree	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 tree	det
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 growing	obl
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 grave	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 grave	det
20	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	it	a living link between the girl and her dead mother					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	grow	gerund				a tree		over the grave	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over grave=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it becomes a living link between the girl and her dead mother

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 link	det
4	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 link	amod
5	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 girl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 link	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mother	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mother	amod
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	it	a living link between the girl and her dead mother					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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