Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, par…

State the outcome of the stepsister's visit to the forest, with reference to the gifts and their consequences.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stepsister · What happens: state, visit · To what, where: outcome, forest

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 visit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepsister	det
6	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 visit	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 stepsister	case
8	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reference	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 reference	case
14	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 gifts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gifts	det
17	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 reference	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 consequences	cc
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 consequences	nmod:poss
20	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gifts	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the stepsister's visit	the forest			with reference to the gifts and gifts's consequences	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic to forest=Recipient
2	visit		the stepsister						nom visit «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 · ← Mova's choice

She got nothing, and toads jumped out whenever she spoke to anyone.

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 got	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 jumped	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 jumped	cc
6	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 jumped	nsubj
7	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 jumped	compound:prt
9	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 spoke	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spoke	nsubj
11	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 jumped	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 anyone	case
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 spoke	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	nothing		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
2	jump out	past	toads			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	speak speech: other	past	she		to anyone; whenever property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

Option 2

She was punished with toads.

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 punished	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 punished	aux:pass
3	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 toads	case
5	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 punished	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 punished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive		She				with toads	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: subject=Patient with toad=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was denied any reward, and at each word a toad sprang from her mouth.

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 denied	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 denied	aux:pass
3	denied	deny	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 reward	det
5	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denied	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 word	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 word	cc
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 word	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 word	det
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denied	obl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sprang	det
12	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sprang	compound
13	sprang	sprang	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	appos
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 mouth	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mouth	nmod:poss
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sprang	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 denied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	past · passive		She		each word			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme reward=Eventuality

Option 4

She received no gift, but a toad leapt from her lips at every spoken word.

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	2 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 gift	det
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 leapt	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 leapt	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 leapt	det
8	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leapt	compound
9	leapt	leapt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 lips	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lips	nmod:poss
12	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 leapt	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 word	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 word	det
15	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 word	amod
16	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lips	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	She	no gift				a toad leapt from her lips at every spoken word obl	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	speak speech: other	participle							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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