Exam question 2 · Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the bli…

Which action does the prince undertake after leaping from the tower, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake, leap, accord · To what, where: tower

This is exam question 2 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 leaping	mark
8	leaping	leap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 undertake	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 tower	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tower	det
11	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaping	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 narrative	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 narrative	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaping	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · do-support	which action			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	leap	gerund	which action not said here	the tower	accord the narrative	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tower=Trajectory
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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

He stumbles through the forest and eats roots until his sight returns

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 stumbles	nsubj
2	stumbles	stumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 forest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stumbles	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eats	cc
7	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stumbles	conj
8	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eats	obj
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 returns	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sight	nmod:poss
11	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 returns	nsubj
12	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 eats	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stumble	present	He		the forest	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory
2	eat	present	He not said here	roots		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient
3	return	present	his sight			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	sight		his = he			nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He is carried by the birds back to the palace where his father waits

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	3 carried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 birds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl
7	back	back	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 palace	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 palace	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 waits	advmod
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 waits	nsubj
14	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 palace	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive	the birds	He		the palace			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to palace=Destination
2	wait	present	his father						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He wanders blind through the forest

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 wanders	nsubj
2	wanders	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanders	xcomp
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanders	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	present	He			the forest		blind property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory

Option 4

He kneels by a river to drink

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 kneels	nsubj
2	kneels	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kneels	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drink	mark
7	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kneels	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	present	He					by a river	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location
2	drink	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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