Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…

Identify the agent responsible for the decision to conceal the true nature of the bear from the sisters.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, conceal · To what, where: agent, true nature

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1475 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road to the wedding, the maid takes the princess's place» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 agent	det
3	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 decision	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 decision	det
7	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 conceal	mark
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nature	det
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nature	amod
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceal	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 bear	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bear	det
15	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nature	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 sisters	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sisters	det
18	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conceal	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the agent				for the decision; responsible property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
2	conceal	to-infinitive	you not said here	the true nature of the bear				from the sisters	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent nature=Patient from sister=Beneficiary

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 dwarf, who had cursed the king's son and then told the sisters nothing at all

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 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cursed	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cursed	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	aux
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 dwarf	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 son	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 told	advmod
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dwarf	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sisters	det
15	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 nothing	compound
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 told	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past · perfect		the king's son					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past		nothing		all	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The dwarf, who had cursed the king's son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cursed	parataxis
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cursed	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cursed	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	aux
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 son	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past · perfect		the king's son					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The princess who hid the bear's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bear	case
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the princess	the bear's name					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	name		the bear						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The dwarf, who had cursed the king's son into a bear and then hidden it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cursed	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cursed	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	aux
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 dwarf	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 son	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 bear	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bear	det
13	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hidden	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 hidden	advmod
16	hidden	hidden	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dwarf	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hidden	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past · perfect		the king's son		a bear			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
2	hidden	infinitive		bear			then		tree rules

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