Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

What was the function of the bridal shirt in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: function · What happens: be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 shirt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shirt	det
7	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shirt	amod
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 narrative	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrative	det
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shirt	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the function of the bridal shirt in the narrative						tree rules

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

A garment that proved the Queen's innocence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 garment	det
2	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 proved	nsubj
4	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 garment	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 innocence	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Queen	case
8	innocence	innocence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	a garment	the Queen's innocence					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme

Option 2

It was a gift meant to honour the bride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gift	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gift	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gift	det
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gift	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 honour	mark
7	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 meant	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bride	det
9	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 honour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a gift	tree rules
2	mean	participle		a gift not said here	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	honour not said to happen	to-infinitive		the bride	tree rules

Option 3

It was an enchanted shirt that would turn anyone who wore it into stone at once, forever and always

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shirt	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shirt	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shirt	det
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 shirt	amod
5	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 turn	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 turn	aux
8	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shirt	acl:relcl
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 turn	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wore	nsubj
11	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 anyone	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wore	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 stone	case
14	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turn	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 turn	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 forever	punct
18	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 shirt	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 always	cc
20	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 forever	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	It	a enchanted shirt		forever property	tree rules
3	turn	would	a enchanted shirt	anyone	stone		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme into stone=Source at once=Trajectory
4	wear	past		shirt			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was a poisoned garment prepared to destroy the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 garment	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 garment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 garment	det
4	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 garment	amod
5	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 garment	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 destroy	mark
8	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 prepared	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 destroy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	poison	participle			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	It	a poisoned garment	tree rules
3	prepare	participle		a poisoned garment not said here	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
4	destroy not said to happen	to-infinitive		the King	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

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