Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…
Which narrative element signals the commencement of the subsequent tale?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is exam question 4 of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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 signals | nsubj |
| 2 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 element | compound |
| 3 | element | element | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 signals | compound |
| 4 | signals | signal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 commencement | det |
| 6 | commencement | commencement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 signals | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 tale | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tale | det |
| 9 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tale | amod |
| 10 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 commencement | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 signals | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The introduction of a king and queen without issue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 introduction | det |
| 2 | introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 king | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 introduction | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 queen | cc |
| 7 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | conj |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 issue | case |
| 9 | issue | issue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 introduction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | a king and queen | without issue | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl |
Option 2
A new king appears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 king | amod |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appears | nsubj |
| 4 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | a new king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A queen is crowned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crowned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 crowned | aux:pass |
| 4 | crowned | crown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | present · passive | a queen | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
A royal couple who lacked any heirs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 couple | det |
| 2 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 couple | amod |
| 3 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lacked | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lacked | nsubj |
| 5 | lacked | lack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 heirs | det |
| 7 | heirs | heir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lacked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lack | past | a royal couple | any heirs | tree rules |
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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