Exam question 2 · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

According to the text, what is the sentence the King passes upon the old woman and her daughter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: accord, be, pass · To what, where: sentence

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 text	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passes	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sentence	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 sentence	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sentence	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sentence	det
9	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passes	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 passes	nsubj
12	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 woman	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 woman	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 woman	amod
16	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passes	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 daughter	cc
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 daughter	nmod:poss
19	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 woman	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 passes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the sentence		tree rules
3	pass	present	the King		accord the text; upon the old woman and her daughter	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon woman=Location

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

They will be hanged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hanged	nsubj:pass
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hanged	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hanged	aux:pass
4	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	future · passive		They					tree rules

Option 2

They are to be bound in iron chains and dragged through the town until their deaths

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bound	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bound	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 bound	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 bound	aux:pass
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chains	case
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chains	compound
8	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bound	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dragged	cc
10	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bound	conj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 town	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 town	det
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dragged	obl
14	until	until	ADP	_	16 deaths	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 deaths	nmod:poss
16	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	present · passive		They		until chains's deaths	in iron chains	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in chain=Theme
2	drag	participle			the town			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through town=Location
3	die		chains = chain					nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are to be placed in a cask stuck round with nails and rolled down the hill

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 placed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 placed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cask	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cask	det
8	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cask	acl
10	round	round	ADV	_	9 stuck	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 nails	case
12	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stuck	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rolled	cc
14	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 placed	conj
15	down	down	ADP	_	17 hill	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hill	det
17	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive	They	a cask		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cask=Destination
2	stick	participle	a cask not said here		with nails; round property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with nail=Instrument
3	roll down	participle	the hill			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Agent

Option 4

They are to be carried to the river and drowned in a sack with stones inside

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 carried	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drowned	cc
10	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 carried	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 sack	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sack	det
13	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drowned	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 stones	case
15	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sack	nmod
16	inside	inside	ADV	_	15 stones	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive		They		the river			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to river=Destination
2	drown	participle				a sack with stones			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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