Exam question 3 · Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and…

Which injury befell the witch's daughter on the third day, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: injury · What happens: befall, accord · To what, where: daughter, narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1533 «Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and a lost ring, slipper and circlet» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 injury	det
2	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	nsubj
3	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witch	det
5	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 daughter	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 witch	case
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 according	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 befell	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 according	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 befell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	past	which injury	the witch's daughter			day		tree rules
2	accord	gerund	which injury not said here					to the narrative goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal

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

An injured eye from the fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 eye	det
2	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eye	amod
3	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 fall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fall	det
6	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eye	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The loss of one eye, sustained at the feet of the people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eye	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 eye	nummod
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sustained	punct
7	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loss	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 feet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sustained	obl:agent
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 people	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 people	det
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	participle		the loss of one eye not said here					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A broken arm, suffered during the night in the palace yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arm	det
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arm	amod
3	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffered	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 arm	punct
5	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffered	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 yard	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 yard	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 yard	compound
12	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	suffer	past	a broken arm				night	in the palace yard	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The loss of one eye, sustained at the feet of the people while the prince watched from above the hall

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eye	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 eye	nummod
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sustained	punct
7	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 watched	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 feet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sustained	obl:agent
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 people	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 people	det
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feet	nmod
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 watched	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 prince	det
16	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	nsubj
17	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	from	from	ADP	_	21 hall	case
19	above	above	ADP	_	21 hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hall	det
21	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	participle	the loss of one eye not said here						vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	watch	past	the loss of one eye			the hall			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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