Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, par…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the lazy girl's attempt to obtain gold?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lazy girl · What happens: follow, describe, obtain, attempt · To what, where: outcome, gold

This is exam question 1 of lesson 123 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, part 26: the lazy girl gets pitch, and the frog claims his promise» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 attempt	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
11	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 girl	amod
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attempt	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 girl	case
14	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 obtain	mark
16	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 attempt	acl
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 obtain	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the lazy girl's attempt	of the best	tree rules
3	obtain	to-infinitive		gold		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gold=Theme
4	attempt		the lazy girl			nom attempt «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

She was covered in pitch and could not remove it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 covered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pitch	case
5	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remove	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 remove	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 remove	advmod
9	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 covered	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 remove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		She				in pitch	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in pitch=Theme
2	not remove	could		pitch					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She fell down the well and was lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lost	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past	She	the well					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient well=Result
2	lose	past · passive	She not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»

Option 3

She was covered in pitch and could not remove it, despite her efforts to scrub

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 covered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pitch	case
5	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remove	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 remove	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 remove	advmod
9	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 covered	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 remove	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 efforts	punct
12	despite	despite	ADP	_	14 efforts	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 efforts	nmod:poss
14	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remove	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 scrub	mark
16	scrub	scrub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 efforts	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive	She	in pitch	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in pitch=Theme
2	not remove	could	pitch	despite her efforts	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	scrub	to-infinitive			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She was rewarded with gold for her hard work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rewarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rewarded	aux:pass
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewarded	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 work	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 work	nmod:poss
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 work	amod
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past · passive		She				with gold; for her hard work	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with gold=Theme
2	work		her = she						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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