Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…
What penalty did the false bride herself prescribe for the deceiver in the tale related by the old King?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: penalty · What happens: do, prescribe, relate · To what, where: false bride, tale
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | penalty | penalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bride | det |
| 5 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bride | amod |
| 6 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 prescribe | nsubj |
| 8 | prescribe | prescribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 6 bride | acl:relcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 deceiver | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 deceiver | det |
| 11 | deceiver | deceiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prescribe | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 tale | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 tale | det |
| 14 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 deceiver | nmod |
| 15 | related | relate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 tale | acl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 King | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 King | det |
| 18 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 King | amod |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 related | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | penalty | the false bride | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | prescribe | present | penalty | the false bride not said here | for the deceiver in the tale | tree rules | |||
| 3 | relate | participle | the tale not said here | by the old King | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
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
hanging from the castle wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hanging | hang | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 wall | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wall | det |
| 4 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wall | compound |
| 5 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 hanging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | gerund | the castle wall | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
dragging in a nail-lined cart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dragging | drag | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cart | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cart | det |
| 4 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lined | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 nail | punct |
| 6 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 cart | amod |
| 7 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 dragging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | gerund | a lined cart | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cart=Location | |||||
| 2 | line | participle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails through the streets of the town
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 dragging | mark |
| 3 | dragging | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 death | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 barrel | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 barrel | det |
| 6 | barrel | barrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dragging | obl |
| 7 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 barrel | acl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 nails | case |
| 9 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lined | obl |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 streets | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 streets | det |
| 12 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lined | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 town | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 town | det |
| 15 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 streets | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | gerund | death not said here | a barrel | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrel=Location | ||||
| 2 | line | participle | a barrel not said here | the streets of the town | with nails | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nail=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 dragging | mark |
| 3 | dragging | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 death | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 barrel | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 barrel | det |
| 6 | barrel | barrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dragging | obl |
| 7 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 barrel | acl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 nails | case |
| 9 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | gerund | death not said here | a barrel | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrel=Location | ||||
| 2 | line | participle | a barrel not said here | with nails | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nail=Theme |
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