Exam question 1 · Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the bli…

Which location is described in the tale as the place where Rapunzel was confined by the enchantress?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: enchantress · What happens: describe, confine · To what, where: location, tale, Rapunzel

This is exam question 1 of lesson 122 «Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the blinded prince finds her; a girl meets Mother Holle» 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 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 described	aux:pass
4	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tale	det
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 place	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	obl
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 confined	advmod
12	Rapunzel	Rapunzel	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 confined	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 confined	aux:pass
14	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 place	acl:relcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 enchantress	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 enchantress	det
17	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 confined	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		which location		the tale		as the place	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as place=Attribute
2	confine	past · passive	the enchantress	Rapunzel					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

A castle standing beside a lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 castle	acl
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 lake	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lake	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	a castle not said here			a lake			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside lake=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A tower situated within a forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tower	det
2	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tower	acl
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a tower not said here				within a forest	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A cellar hidden beneath a royal palace inside the walled city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cellar	det
2	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cellar	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 palace	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 palace	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 palace	amod
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 city	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
10	walled	wall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 city	amod
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 palace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		a cellar not said here		a royal palace inside the walled city			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath palace=Location
2	wall	participle							tree rules

Option 4

A tall stone tower positioned at the edge of a deep and gloomy forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tower	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tower	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tower	compound
4	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	positioned	position	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tower	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 edge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 edge	det
8	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 positioned	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 forest	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 forest	det
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 forest	amod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gloomy	cc
13	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 deep	conj
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	position	participle		a tall stone tower not said here		the edge of a deep forest			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at edge=Destination

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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