Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, par…

Identify the reason the three dwarfs bestowed their gifts upon the girl at the cottage in the forest.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, three dwarfs, dwarfs · What happens: identify, bestow, gift · To what, where: reason, gifts, cottage

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dwarfs	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 dwarfs	nummod
6	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bestowed	nsubj
7	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gifts	nmod:poss
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bestowed	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 girl	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bestowed	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 cottage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cottage	det
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bestowed	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 forest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bestowed	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	bestow	past	the three dwarfs	dwarfs's gifts	the cottage	upon the girl; in the forest	tree rules
3	gift		dwarfs = dwarf				nom gift «possession 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

She had given them bread.

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 given	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	obj
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect	She	them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient bread=Theme

Option 2

She had cooked them a warm supper and had tidied their small home.

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 cooked	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cooked	aux
3	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cooked	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 supper	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 supper	amod
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cooked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tidied	cc
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tidied	aux
10	tidied	tidy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 cooked	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tidied	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cooked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	past · perfect	She	them = they					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary supper=Product
2	tidy	past · perfect	She not said here	their small home					tree rules

Option 3

She was kind to them.

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 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		them = they			kind property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She had shared her bread with them and had shown them kindness.

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 shared	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shared	aux
3	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bread	nmod:poss
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shared	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bread	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shown	cc
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 shown	aux
10	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 shared	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shown	obj
12	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shown	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past · perfect	She	her bread				with them = they	tree rules
2	show	past · perfect	She not said here	them = they					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient kindness=Topic

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