Exam question 1 · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial,…

Which of the following most accurately describes the means by which the youth restores his deceased cousin to life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, youth · What happens: follow, describe, mean, restore, decease · To what, where: deceased cousin, life

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1436 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial, and the miller's daughter must spin gold for the King» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describes	ccomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 restores	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 youth	det
13	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restores	nsubj
14	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 means	parataxis
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 cousin	nmod:poss
16	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 cousin	amod
17	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restores	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 life	case
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restores	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	restore	present	the youth	youth's deceased cousin	life		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme to life=Recipient
5	decease	participle					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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

He sprinkles it with holy water and prays over it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sprinkles	nsubj
2	sprinkles	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sprinkles	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sprinkles	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 prays	cc
8	prays	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sprinkles	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 prays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	present	He	it				with holy water	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme
2	pray	present	He not said here			water			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

He covers it with a heavy quilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 covers	nsubj
2	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 covers	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 quilt	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 quilt	det
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quilt	amod
7	quilt	quilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	He	it				with a heavy quilt	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with quilt=Theme

Option 3

He props the corpse up by the stove and feeds it broth until it wakes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 props	nsubj
2	props	prop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 corpse	det
4	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 props	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 props	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 stove	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stove	det
8	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 props	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feeds	cc
10	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 props	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feeds	obj
12	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feeds	obj
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 wakes	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wakes	nsubj
15	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 feeds	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prop up	present	He	the corpse	by the stove	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme by stove=Destination
2	feed	present	He not said here	corpse		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient broth=Theme
3	wake	present	broth			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He warms the corpse by lying down beside it in bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warms	nsubj
2	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 corpse	det
4	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warms	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 lying	mark
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 warms	advcl
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 lying	advmod
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lying	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 bed	case
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present	He	the corpse					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent corpse=Patient
2	lie down	gerund	He not said here			corpse		in bed; down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside it=Location

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