Exam question 4 · Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Thre…

What instruction did the wise Woman give the maiden regarding the remains of the slaughtered goat?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: instruction · What happens: give, regard, slaughter · To what, where: maiden

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Woman	det
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Woman	amod
6	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maiden	det
9	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 remains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 remains	det
12	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 give	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 goat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 goat	det
15	slaughtered	slaughter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 goat	amod
16	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remains	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	what instruction	the maiden	regard the remains of the slaughtered goat	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme
2	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	slaughter	participle				vn murder-42.1 «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

To bury the innards in the yard by the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bury	mark
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 innards	det
4	innards	innards	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 well	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 well	det
10	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive		the innards				in the yard; by the well	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent innards=Theme in yard=Destination

Option 2

To bury the guts beside the garden gate at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bury	mark
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guts	det
4	guts	gut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bury	obj
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gate	compound
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive		the guts		the garden gate	dawn		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gut=Theme beside gate=Destination

Option 3

To bury the entrails before the threshold of the door, and to say a prayer over them each morning

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bury	mark
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 entrails	det
4	entrails	entrail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bury	obj
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 threshold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 threshold	det
7	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threshold	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 say	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	14 say	mark
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 bury	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 prayer	det
16	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	obj
17	over	over	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 say	obl
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	20 morning	det
20	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive		the entrails		the threshold of the door			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent entrail=Theme before threshold=Destination
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		a prayer			morning	over entrails = entrail	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To bury the entrails before the threshold of the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bury	mark
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 entrails	det
4	entrails	entrail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bury	obj
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 threshold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 threshold	det
7	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threshold	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive		the entrails		the threshold of the door			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent entrail=Theme before threshold=Destination

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