Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden ap…

With reference to the tale, state which object, rendered in the text as a tree bearing silver leaves and golden fruit, appears before the house and to whom it is restricted for picking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bearing silver · What happens: render, leave, appear, restrict · To what, where: object, text, house

This is exam question 1 of lesson 130 «Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden apples: the Knight marries Two-Eyes and her sisters come begging» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 appears	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 tale	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tale	det
5	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tale	appos
8	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	9 object	det
9	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rendered	punct
11	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 object	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 text	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 text	det
14	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rendered	obl
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 leaves	mark
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 silver	det
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bearing	compound
18	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 silver	compound
19	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 leaves	nsubj
20	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rendered	advcl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fruit	cc
22	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 fruit	amod
23	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 leaves	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
25	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
26	before	before	ADP	_	28 house	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 house	det
28	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 appears	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 restricted	cc
30	to	to	PART	_	34 restricted	mark
31	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 restricted	nsubj:pass
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 restricted	nsubj:pass
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 restricted	aux:pass
34	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 appears	conj
35	for	for	ADP	_	36 picking	case
36	picking	picking	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 restricted	obl
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 appears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	render	participle		which object not said here	the text		vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	leave	present	a bearing silver				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	appear	present			the house	with reference to the tale	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before house=Location
4	restrict	present · passive				for picking	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

The silver-leaved tree with golden fruit, growing before the house, from which only Two-Eyes can gather apples, while her sisters are barred from it entirely by the magic of the goat's grave and the Knight's oath

The tree, 40 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaved	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 silver	punct
4	leaved	leav	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gather	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fruit	amod
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 growing	punct
10	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 tree	acl
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 growing	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 gather	punct
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 which	case
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 gather	obl
17	only	only	ADV	_	20 Eyes	advmod
18	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 Eyes	nummod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 Two	punct
20	Eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 gather	nsubj
21	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 gather	aux
22	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
23	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 gather	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 barred	punct
25	while	while	SCONJ	_	29 barred	mark
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 sisters	nmod:poss
27	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 barred	nsubj
28	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 barred	aux:pass
29	barred	bar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 gather	advcl
30	from	from	ADP	_	31 it	case
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 barred	obl
32	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	29 barred	advmod
33	by	by	ADP	_	35 magic	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 magic	det
35	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 barred	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	40 grave	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 goat	det
38	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 grave	nmod:poss
39	's	's	PART	_	38 goat	case
40	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 magic	nmod
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 oath	cc
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Knight	det
43	Knight	Knight	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 oath	nmod:poss
44	's	's	PART	_	43 Knight	case
45	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 magic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leav	participle					tree rules
2	grow	gerund	the leaved tree with golden fruit not said here		the house		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before house=Location
3	gather	can	the leaved tree with golden fruit	apples			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from which=Source
4	bar	present · passive	the magic of the goat's grave and the Knight's oath	tree's sisters	house	entirely property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from it=Eventuality

Option 2

A tree near the well, bearing golden fruit, from which any of the three sisters may pick apples

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pick	nsubj
3	near	near	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tree	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bearing	punct
7	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tree	conj
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fruit	amod
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bearing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pick	punct
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 pick	nsubj
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 which	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 sisters	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sisters	det
16	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 sisters	nummod
17	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 any	nmod
18	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 pick	aux
19	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
20	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	a tree near the well not said here	golden fruit					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
2	pick	may	a tree near the well	apples					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The silver-leaved tree with golden fruit, from which only Two-Eyes can gather apples

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaved	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 silver	punct
4	leaved	leav	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gather	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fruit	amod
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gather	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 gather	obl
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 Eyes	advmod
13	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 Eyes	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Two	punct
15	Eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gather	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 gather	aux
17	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gather	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leav	participle							tree rules
2	gather	can	the leaved tree with golden fruit	apples					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from which=Source

Option 4

The tree with silver leaves before the door, from which the eldest sister may pick fruit freely

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pick	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 leaves	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	compound
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tree	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pick	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 pick	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sister	det
13	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 sister	amod
14	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pick	nsubj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 pick	aux
16	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pick	obj
18	freely	freely	ADV	_	16 pick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	may	the tree with silver leaves before the door	fruit				freely property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme from which=Source

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