Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape…
Which sequence of events correctly records the order in which the two tales are introduced in this passage?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sequence · What happens: record, introduce · To what, where: order, two tales
This is exam question 4 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 sequence | det |
| 2 | sequence | sequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 records | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 events | case |
| 4 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sequence | nmod |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 records | advmod |
| 6 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 order | det |
| 8 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 records | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 introduced | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tales | det |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 tales | nummod |
| 13 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 introduced | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 introduced | aux:pass |
| 15 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 order | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 passage | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 passage | det |
| 18 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 introduced | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 records | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | present | which sequence of events | the order | correctly property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | |||
| 2 | introduce | present · passive | the two tales | the order | in this passage | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer
Bearskin's conclusion precedes the opening of Cinderella
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearskin | Bearskin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 conclusion | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Bearskin | case |
| 3 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | nsubj |
| 4 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 opening | det |
| 6 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Cinderella | case |
| 8 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 opening | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | present | Bearskin's conclusion | the opening of Cinderella | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme opening=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | conclude | Bearskin | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Bearskin's story begins after Cinderella's ends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearskin | Bearskin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 story | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Bearskin | case |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 begins | nsubj |
| 4 | begins | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 ends | case |
| 6 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 ends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Cinderella | case |
| 8 | ends | end | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 begins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | present | Bearskin's story | after Cinderella's ends | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Bearskin's conclusion precedes the opening of Cinderella, which is told only after the bear's wedding is finished
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearskin | Bearskin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 conclusion | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Bearskin | case |
| 3 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 precedes | nsubj |
| 4 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 opening | det |
| 6 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 finished | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Cinderella | case |
| 8 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 opening | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 told | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 told | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 told | aux:pass |
| 12 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 opening | parataxis |
| 13 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 wedding | advmod |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 wedding | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bear | det |
| 16 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 bear | case |
| 18 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 told | obl |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 finished | aux:pass |
| 20 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 precedes | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | present | Bearskin's conclusion | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the opening of Cinderella | after the bear's wedding | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | finish | present · passive | the opening of Cinderella | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | conclude | Bearskin | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | wed | the bear | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
the Cinderella tale is told before the bear tale ends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tale | det |
| 2 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tale | compound |
| 3 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | aux:pass |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 ends | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tale | det |
| 8 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tale | compound |
| 9 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ends | nsubj |
| 10 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the Cinderella tale | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | end | present | the bear tale | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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