Exam question 3 · Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Thre…

What was the principal reason given by the sisters for their hostility toward the second maiden?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, give · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» 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	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 sisters	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sisters	det
9	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 given	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 hostility	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hostility	nmod:poss
12	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
13	toward	toward	ADP	_	16 maiden	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 maiden	det
15	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 maiden	amod
16	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason					tree rules
2	give	participle		the principal reason not said here				by the sisters; for sisters's hostility; toward the second maiden	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for hostility=Asset

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

Her habit of sneaking off to the forest each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 habit	nmod:poss
2	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 sneaking	mark
4	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 habit	acl
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 sneaking	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 forest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sneaking	obl
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sneaking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak off	gerund	Her habit not said here			the forest	day		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to forest=Destination

Option 2

Her possession of two eyes like ordinary people, which the sisters found unbearably shameful to see

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 possession	nmod:poss
2	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 eyes	nummod
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possession	nmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 people	case
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sisters	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 sisters	nsubj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sisters	det
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 people	conj
13	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	unbearably	unbearably	ADV	_	15 shameful	advmod
15	shameful	shameful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 found	xcomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 shameful	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sister		ordinary people and the sisters			tree rules
2	find	past	Her possession of two eyes like ordinary people and the sisters		shameful property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	see	to-infinitive	Her possession of two eyes like ordinary people and the sisters not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	possess		Her = she	two eyes like ordinary people and the sisters		nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her possession of two eyes like ordinary people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 possession	nmod:poss
2	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 eyes	nummod
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possession	nmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 people	case
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eyes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess		Her = she	two eyes like ordinary people					nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

Her refusal to share the wine with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wine	det
6	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	to-infinitive	Her refusal	the wine				with them = they	tree rules
2	refuse		Her = she						nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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