Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister save…

Under which circumstances did the brothers recover their human form at the stake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: circumstance, do, recover, form · To what, where: human form, stake

This is exam question 1 of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel 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	Under	under	ADP	_	3 circumstances	mark
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 circumstances	nsubj
3	circumstances	circumstance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recover	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 circumstances	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recover	nsubj
7	recover	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 form	nmod:poss
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 form	amod
10	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recover	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 stake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stake	det
13	stake	stake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recover	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	circumstance	present				tree rules
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	recover	present	the brothers	brothers's human form	the stake	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
4	form		brothers = brother			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

When the shirts were thrown over them by their sister as the fire rose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 thrown	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shirts	det
3	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 rose	advcl
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thrown	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 sister	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sister	nmod:poss
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl
14	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive	shirts's sister	the shirts				over them = they; as the fire	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme over they=Destination
2	rise	past							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

When the flames were put out at last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 put	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flames	det
3	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 put	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 last	case
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put out	past · passive		the flames		last			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at last=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

When the shirts were thrown over them by their sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 thrown	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shirts	det
3	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thrown	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 sister	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sister	nmod:poss
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive	shirts's sister	the shirts				over them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme over they=Destination

Option 4

When their sister, mute for years, finally threw the six finished shirts over them at the stake

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 threw	advmod
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 threw	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mute	punct
5	mute	mute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sister	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mute	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 threw	advmod
10	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 finished	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 six	det
12	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 finished	nsubj
13	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 finished	obj
15	over	over	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 finished	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 stake	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 stake	det
19	stake	stake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 finished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	their sister and mute for years					finally property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	finish	past	the six	shirts		the stake		over sister	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality shirt=Eventuality

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