Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, par…

Which of the following best describes the King's response when the frog knocked at the door?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: frog · What happens: follow, describe, knock · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 King	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 knocked	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 frog	det
13	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 knocked	nsubj
14	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 response	acl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 knocked	obl
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 King's response	of the best	tree rules
3	knock	past	the frog		at the door	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=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

He told her to keep the frog away from him

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 frog	det
7	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 keep	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the frog				away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme

Option 2

He ordered her to open

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 open	mark
5	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		her = she				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	open not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He ordered his daughter to keep her promise to the frog

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughter	nmod:poss
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 promise	nmod:poss
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 frog	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 frog	det
11	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		his daughter		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her promise		to the frog	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
3	promise		her = she				nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He threatened to punish her for the broken promise

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 threatened	nsubj
2	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 punish	mark
4	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 threatened	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punish	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 promise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 promise	det
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 promise	amod
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	threaten	past	He			tree rules
2	punish not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she	for the broken promise	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for promise=Theme
3	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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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