Exam question 2 · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…

What was the principal reason for the bear's departure in the springtime?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bear · What happens: be, depart · To what, where: principal reason, springtime

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1474 «Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard is caught in a split tree» 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	for	for	ADP	_	10 departure	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departure	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bear	case
10	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 springtime	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 springtime	det
13	springtime	springtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departure	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason				for the bear's departure in the springtime	tree rules
2	depart		the bear			the springtime			nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

He decided to hide from the summer heat in his den

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 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hide	mark
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 heat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heat	det
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heat	compound
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 den	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 den	nmod:poss
11	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			the summer heat		in his den	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from heat=Beneficiary

Option 2

Because the dwarfs had stolen part of his fur and he wanted to take revenge on them all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 stolen	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarfs	det
3	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stolen	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stolen	aux
5	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stolen	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fur	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fur	nmod:poss
9	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stolen	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 take	mark
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 take	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect · passive		the dwarfs		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary part=Theme
2	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	revenge	on dwarfs = dwarf	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on they=Destination

Option 3

Because the sun had melted the snow and he wanted to climb the cliff to watch over the children

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 melted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sun	det
3	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melted	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 melted	aux
5	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 snow	det
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melted	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 melted	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 climb	mark
12	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cliff	det
14	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 climb	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 watch	mark
16	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 climb	advcl
17	over	over	ADP	_	19 children	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 children	det
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	melt	past · perfect · passive		the sun		tree rules
2	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the cliff		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cliff=Theme
4	watch	to-infinitive	he not said here		over the children	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over child=Location

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

He resolved to guard his treasure from the dwarfs

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 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 guard	mark
4	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 treasure	nmod:poss
6	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guard	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 dwarfs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarfs	det
9	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	He			tree rules
2	guard	to-infinitive	He not said here	his treasure	from the dwarfs	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent treasure=Beneficiary from dwarf=Theme
3	treasure		his = he			nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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