Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…

To what conclusion did the old King come upon observing the girl standing in the courtyard below?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conclusion, old King, girl · What happens: do, come, observe, stand · To what, where: girl, courtyard

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1476 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 King	amod
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 come	nsubj
8	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 observing	mark
10	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 come	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observing	obj
13	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 girl	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 courtyard	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 courtyard	det
16	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 standing	obl
17	below	below	ADV	_	16 courtyard	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	conclusion			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	present	the old King			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	observe	gerund	the old King not said here	the girl		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent girl=Topic
4	stand	gerund	the girl not said here		the courtyard	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Location

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

that she was merely a goose-girl of low birth who had been deceived

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 girl	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 girl	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 girl	cop
4	merely	merely	ADV	_	8 girl	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 goose	punct
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 birth	case
10	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 birth	amod
11	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 deceived	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 deceived	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 deceived	aux:pass
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 birth	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a goose girl				of low birth; merely property	tree rules
2	deceive	past · perfect · passive		low birth					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

that she was of noble and gentle character and must be a true princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 character	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 character	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 character	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 character	case
5	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 character	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gentle	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 noble	conj
8	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 princess	cc
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 princess	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 princess	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 princess	det
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 princess	amod
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 character	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					of noble character and a true princess	tree rules
2	is a	must	she not said here	a true princess					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

that she was of noble and gentle character

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 noble	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 noble	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 noble	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 noble	case
5	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 character	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 character	amod
8	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 noble	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					noble property	tree rules

Option 4

that she was a stranger of gentle manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 stranger	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stranger	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stranger	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stranger	det
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 manner	case
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 manner	amod
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stranger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a stranger				of gentle manner	tree rules

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