Exam question 4 · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

What does the messenger report to the Queen on the third day regarding the little Man?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, regard · To what, where: messenger report

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 report	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 report	compound
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Queen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 report	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
13	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 Man	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Man	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Man	amod
16	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the messenger report			day	to the Queen	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Eventuality
2	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

That he had followed the little Man for three long days through the woods and up a high mountain until he finally found him

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 followed	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 followed	aux
4	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Man	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Man	amod
7	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	obl
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 woods	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woods	det
14	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 mountain	cc
16	up	up	ADV	_	19 mountain	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 mountain	det
18	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mountain	amod
19	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 woods	conj
20	until	until	SCONJ	_	23 found	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	nsubj
22	finally	finally	ADV	_	23 found	advmod
23	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 followed	advcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past · perfect · passive		That		the woods and a high mountain	day		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme man=Attribute
2	find	past	Man	him = he				finally property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That he was dancing on one leg and shouting a rhyme about his name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 dancing	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dancing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dancing	aux
4	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 leg	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 leg	nummod
7	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dancing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shouting	cc
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dancing	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rhyme	det
11	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 name	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 name	nmod:poss
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dance	past · progressive	That		one leg		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Location
2	shout speech: express	gerund	That not said here	a rhyme		about his name	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Topic
3	name		his = he				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That he found the Dwarf deep in the forest and could not find his name at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 found	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Dwarf	det
5	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
6	deep	deep	ADV	_	9 forest	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 find	cc
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 find	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 find	advmod
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 found	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 name	nmod:poss
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 find	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find	past	That	the Dwarf	the forest	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Topic
2	not find	could	That not said here	Dwarf's name	all	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent name=Theme at all=Asset
3	name		Dwarf			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

That he spotted the Dwarf near a mountain and heard him singing a silly song

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 spotted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spotted	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Dwarf	det
5	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	obj
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 mountain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mountain	det
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heard	cc
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 heard	obj
12	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 heard	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 song	det
14	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 song	amod
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 singing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	spot	past	That		the Dwarf	a mountain	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dwarf=Destination
2	hear	past	That not said here	Dwarf			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	sing speech: express	gerund	That not said here	a silly song			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

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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