Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, par…

Which of the following best describes the action of the stepmother in dispatching the stepdaughter to the forest in a paper cloak?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch, act · To what, where: action, stepdaughter, forest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 127 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, part 1: a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow for strawberries» 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 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 stepmother	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stepmother	det
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
12	in	in	SCONJ	_	13 dispatching	mark
13	dispatching	dispatch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stepmother	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stepdaughter	det
15	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dispatching	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 forest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dispatching	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 cloak	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 cloak	det
21	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cloak	compound
22	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 forest	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action of the stepmother		of the best	tree rules
3	dispatch	gerund	the stepmother not said here	the stepdaughter	the forest in a paper cloak		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stepdaughter=Theme to forest=Destination
4	act		the stepmother				nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

She sent the girl to the forest as a lesson in humility.

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 humility	case
12	humility	humility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	She	the girl		humility		to the forest; as a lesson	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to forest=Destination

Option 2

She punished her for being lazy about the house.

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 punished	nsubj
2	punished	punish	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 punished	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 lazy	case
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 lazy	cop
6	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 punished	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lazy	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 punished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past	She	her = she					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	is	gerund						about the house; lazy property	tree rules

Option 3

She sent the girl out to find food for the family.

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	out	out	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 find	mark
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 family	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	past	She	the girl				out property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	She not said here	food				for the family	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Theme for family=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She deliberately sent the girl out in inadequate clothing, intending her to perish in the cold.

The tree, 16 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 sent	nsubj
2	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 clothing	case
8	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 clothing	amod
9	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 intending	punct
11	intending	intend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 intending	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 perish	mark
14	perish	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 intending	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 cold	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cold	det
17	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 perish	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send out	past	She	the girl	inadequate clothing	deliberately property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent girl=Theme in clothing=Destination
2	intend	gerund	She not said here	girl			tree rules
3	perish not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		the cold		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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