Exam question 1 · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

Which of the following describes the behaviour of the Dwarf when he demands the first-born child of the Queen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dwarf · What happens: follow, be, demand, bear · To what, where: born child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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	7 behaviour	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 behaviour	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 behaviour	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 behaviour	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 behaviour	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 behaviour	det
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Dwarf	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Dwarf	det
10	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 behaviour	nmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 demands	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 demands	nsubj
13	demands	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 behaviour	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 child	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 born	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 first	punct
17	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 child	amod
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 demands	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Queen	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 child	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 behaviour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the behaviour; of the Dwarf	tree rules
3	demand speech: request	present	Dwarf	the born child of the Queen		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme child=Precondition
4	bear	participle				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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 laughs loudly

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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 laughs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	He					loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He declares that something human is dearer to him than all the wealth of the world

The tree, 16 words

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 declares	nsubj
2	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 dearer	mark
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 dearer	nsubj
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 something	amod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dearer	cop
7	dearer	dear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 declares	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dearer	obl
10	than	than	ADP	_	13 wealth	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 wealth	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wealth	det
13	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dearer	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 world	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 world	det
16	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wealth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	present	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	something		him = he			than all wealth of the world; dear property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He announces that the child must be given to him at once, because a promise is a promise and a dwarf never breaks his word once spoken in the castle

The tree, 30 words

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 announces	nsubj
2	announces	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 given	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	nsubj:pass
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 given	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 given	aux:pass
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 announces	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 given	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 given	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 promise	punct
14	because	because	SCONJ	_	19 promise	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 promise	det
16	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 promise	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 promise	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 promise	det
19	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 breaks	nsubj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 dwarf	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 dwarf	det
22	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 promise	conj
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 breaks	advmod
24	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 announces	parataxis
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 word	nmod:poss
26	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 breaks	obj
27	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	28 spoken	advmod
28	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 breaks	advcl
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 castle	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 castle	det
31	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	present	He					vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	must · passive		the child	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient at once=Asset
3	is a	present	a promise	a promise and a dwarf				tree rules
4	not break	present	a promise and a dwarf	promise's word				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Patient
5	speak speech: other	participle	a promise and a dwarf not said here			the castle	once property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	word		promise					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He asks for the child at once

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 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asks	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 asks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	He					for the child	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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