Exam question 4 · Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the bli…

Which dwelling does the stepdaughter encounter at the conclusion of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dwelling · What happens: do, conclude · To what, where: stepdaughter encounter, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 4 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 dwelling	det
2	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 encounter	det
5	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encounter	compound
6	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 conclusion	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conclusion	det
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conclusion	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	which dwelling	the stepdaughter encounter		the conclusion of the passage			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encounter=Eventuality
2	conclude			the passage					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

The little house of Mother Holle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 house	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Mother	case
5	Mother	Mother	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 house	nmod
6	Holle	Holle	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Mother	flat

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The large house of the witch where the snow falls from her bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 house	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falls	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 witch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 house	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 falls	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falls	nsubj
10	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 bed	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 bed	nmod:poss
13	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the large house of the witch			snow's bed			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial_Location

Option 3

The palace of the old queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 palace	det
2	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 queen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 queen	amod
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 palace	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The dark forest of the enchantress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 forest	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forest	amod
3	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 enchantress	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enchantress	det
6	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forest	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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