Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

Which of the following correctly describes the intention with which the second son asked leave to seek the water of life?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: second son · What happens: follow, describe, ask, leave, seek · To what, where: intention, water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 116 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 intention	det
8	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 asked	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 son	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 son	amod
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asked	nsubj
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 intention	acl:relcl
15	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 asked	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 seek	mark
17	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 leave	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 water	det
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 seek	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 life	case
21	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 water	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the intention	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent intention=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	past	the second son		with the intention	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	leave	infinitive				tree rules
5	seek	to-infinitive		the water of life		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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

He believed the kingdom would come to him if his elder brother did not return from the mountain, so he hurried off to the pass without telling anyone

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kingdom	det
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 return	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brother	nmod:poss
11	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 brother	amod
12	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 return	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 return	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 return	advmod
15	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	advcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 mountain	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mountain	det
18	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 return	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 hurried	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 hurried	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 hurried	nsubj
22	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 believed	conj
23	off	off	ADP	_	22 hurried	compound:prt
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 pass	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 pass	det
26	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hurried	obl
27	without	without	SCONJ	_	28 telling	mark
28	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 hurried	advcl
29	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	28 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	believe	past	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	would	the kingdom	him = he		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
3	not return a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	kingdom's elder brother		the mountain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location
4	hurry off	past	brother		the pass	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to pass=Destination
5	tell speech: assert	gerund	brother not said here	anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He believed the kingdom would come to him if his brother were dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kingdom	det
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 dead	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dead	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dead	cop
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	would	the kingdom	him = he		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	kingdom's brother		dead property	tree rules

Option 3

He meant to become a famous hero who would be praised by all the people

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hero	det
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hero	amod
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 praised	nsubj:pass
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 praised	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 praised	aux:pass
11	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hero	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 people	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 people	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 people	det
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 praised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	past	He		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a famous hero	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	praise	would · passive	all people	a famous hero	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He wanted to save his father and prove he was brave enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 save	mark
4	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 save	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 prove	cc
8	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 save	conj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 brave	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 brave	cop
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prove	ccomp
12	enough	enough	ADV	_	11 brave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	save not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his father		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme
3	prove	infinitive	He not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	he		brave, enough property	tree rules

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