Exam question 3 · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…

By what means did Snow-white release the dwarf from the cleft of the tree?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: Snow white release, cleft · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 release	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Snow	punct
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 release	amod
8	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwarf	det
10	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl:unmarked
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 cleft	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cleft	det
13	cleft	cleft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 tree	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cleft	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		Snow white release		the cleft of the tree		the dwarf obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent release=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

She severed the end of his beard with scissors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 severed	nsubj
2	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 severed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 beard	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beard	nmod:poss
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 scissors	case
9	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 severed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	past	She	the end of his beard				with scissors	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She got her father's axe, chopped the trunk apart, and freed his beard from the split wood

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 axe	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 father	case
6	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chopped	punct
8	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trunk	det
10	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chopped	obj
11	apart	apart	ADV	_	8 chopped	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 freed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 freed	cc
14	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 beard	nmod:poss
16	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 freed	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 wood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
19	split	split	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wood	compound
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 freed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	her father's axe			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer axe=Stimulus
2	chop	past	She not said here	the trunk		apart property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Patient
3	free	past	She not said here	his beard	the split wood		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer beard=Source

Option 3

She took out her scissors and carefully snipped the tip of the beard from the crack in the tree

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 took	compound:prt
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 scissors	nmod:poss
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 snipped	cc
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	8 snipped	advmod
8	snipped	snip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tip	det
10	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snipped	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 beard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 beard	det
13	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tip	nmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 crack	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crack	det
16	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snipped	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 tree	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tree	det
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	past	She	her scissors					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme
2	snip	past	She not said here	the tip of the beard		the crack		in the tree; carefully property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tip=Patient from crack=Source

Option 4

She cut the rope that held his tangled hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 held	nsubj
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rope	acl:relcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hair	nmod:poss
8	tangled	tangled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	the rope					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Product
2	hold	past	the rope	his tangled hair					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme

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