Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…

Which of the following describes the reward conferred upon the first girl by the three dwarfs in consequence of her hospitality?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, confer · To what, where: reward

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 reward	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 reward	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reward	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 reward	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reward	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reward	det
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reward	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 girl	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 girl	amod
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conferred	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 dwarfs	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dwarfs	det
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 dwarfs	nummod
16	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conferred	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 consequence	case
18	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dwarfs	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 hospitality	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hospitality	nmod:poss
21	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consequence	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the reward	tree rules
3	confer	participle	the reward not said here	upon the first girl; by the three dwarfs in consequence of girl's hospitality	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Gold falling from her lips and ripe berries found in the frost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Gold	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 lips	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lips	nmod:poss
5	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 falling	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 berries	cc
7	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 berries	amod
8	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lips	conj
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lips	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 frost	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 frost	det
12	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	Gold not said here			her lips and ripe berries			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from lip=Initial_Location
2	find	participle		her lips and ripe berries not said here		the frost			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Silver issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe cherries in the frost

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	nsubj
2	issuing	issue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 utterance	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 utterance	det
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 discovery	punct
10	together	together	ADV	_	13 discovery	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 discovery	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 discovery	det
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 cherries	case
15	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cherries	amod
16	cherries	cherry	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 discovery	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 frost	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 frost	det
19	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cherries	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	gerund	Silver			her mouth		upon each utterance; with the discovery of ripe cherries in the frost	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon utterance=Location
2	discover			ripe cherries in the frost					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Strawberries in the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 snow	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snow	det
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Strawberries	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Gold issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe strawberries

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Gold	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 utterance	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 utterance	det
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 together	punct
10	together	together	ADV	_	2 issuing	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 discovery	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 discovery	det
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 strawberries	case
15	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 strawberries	amod
16	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 discovery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	gerund	Gold not said here			her mouth		upon each utterance; with the discovery of ripe strawberries; together property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon utterance=Location
2	discover			ripe strawberries					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

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