Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the…

Which of the following describes the manner in which the second stepsister's foot was fitted to the golden slipper?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, fit · To what, where: manner, foot

This is exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 fitted	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stepsister	det
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 stepsister	amod
12	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 foot	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 stepsister	case
14	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fitted	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 fitted	aux:pass
16	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 manner	acl:relcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 slipper	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 slipper	det
19	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 slipper	amod
20	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fitted	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	fit	past · passive	the second stepsister's foot	the manner	to the golden slipper goal	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to slipper=Goal

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

She mutilated her toe in order to force the shoe upon her foot

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	2 mutilated	nsubj
2	mutilated	mutilate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 toe	nmod:poss
4	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutilated	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutilated	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 force	mark
8	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mutilated	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shoe	det
10	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 force	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 foot	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 foot	nmod:poss
13	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 force	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutilate	past	She	her toe		order			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Patient
2	force	to-infinitive	She not said here	the shoe				upon her foot	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Recipient

Option 2

She trimmed her heel so as to press the slipper onto her foot

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	2 trimmed	nsubj
2	trimmed	trim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heel	nmod:poss
4	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trimmed	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 press	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 press	mark
7	to	to	PART	_	8 press	mark
8	press	press	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 trimmed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 slipper	det
10	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 press	obj
11	onto	onto	ADP	_	13 foot	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 foot	nmod:poss
13	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 press	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim	past	She	her heel					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heel=Patient
2	press	to-infinitive	She not said here	the slipper		her foot			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slipper=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She cut away part of her foot and her heel in order to make it fit into the slipper that had been made for another woman entirely

The tree, 27 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	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 cut	advmod
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 foot	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 foot	nmod:poss
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heel	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heel	nmod:poss
10	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 order	case
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 make	mark
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cut	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 make	obj
16	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 make	xcomp
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 slipper	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 slipper	det
19	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fit	obl
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 made	obl
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 made	aux
22	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 made	aux:pass
23	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 slipper	acl:relcl
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 woman	case
25	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	26 woman	det
26	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 made	obl
27	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	23 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cut away	past	She	part of her foot and her heel	order	away property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Product
2	make	to-infinitive	She not said here	order			tree rules
3	fit	infinitive	order not said here		the slipper		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into slipper=Destination
4	make	past · perfect · passive		the slipper		for another woman; entirely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for woman=Beneficiary

Option 4

She cut her heel to make the shoe fit her foot

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	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heel	nmod:poss
4	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cut	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shoe	det
8	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fit	nsubj
9	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 make	ccomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 foot	nmod:poss
11	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cut	past	She	her heel	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heel=Product
2	make	to-infinitive	She not said here		tree rules
3	fit	past	the shoe	her foot	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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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