Exam question 4 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…

Which of the following best characterises the second girl's conduct towards the dwarfs and its consequence for her person?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: best, second girl · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 4 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	6 characterises	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 characterises	nsubj
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 girl	amod
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 girl	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 dwarfs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dwarfs	det
14	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 characterises	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 consequence	cc
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 consequence	nmod:poss
17	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dwarfs	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 person	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 person	nmod:poss
20	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 consequence	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the best	the second girl's conduct	towards the dwarfs and conduct's consequence for girl's person	tree rules
3	conduct		the second girl			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Discourteous refusal of their requests, resulting in toads issuing from her mouth and a gradual deterioration of her appearance

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 refusal	amod
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 requests	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 requests	nmod:poss
5	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 refusal	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 resulting	punct
7	resulting	result	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 requests	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 toads	case
9	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 resulting	obl
10	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 toads	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 issuing	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 deterioration	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 deterioration	det
16	gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 deterioration	amod
17	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mouth	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 appearance	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 appearance	nmod:poss
20	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 deterioration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	result	gerund	their requests not said here			in toads	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in toad=Location
2	issue	gerund	toads not said here		her mouth and a gradual deterioration of her appearance		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	refuse			their requests			nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	request		their = they				nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	deteriorate		her appearance				nom deterioration «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Discourteous refusal of their requests, resulting in toads issuing from her mouth, a gradual deterioration of her appearance, and her eventual banishment from the court of the King

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 refusal	amod
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 requests	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 requests	nmod:poss
5	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 refusal	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 resulting	punct
7	resulting	result	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 requests	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 toads	case
9	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 resulting	obl
10	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 toads	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 issuing	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 deterioration	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 deterioration	det
16	gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 deterioration	amod
17	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refusal	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 appearance	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 appearance	nmod:poss
20	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 deterioration	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 banishment	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 banishment	cc
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 banishment	nmod:poss
24	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 banishment	amod
25	banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refusal	conj
26	from	from	ADP	_	28 court	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 court	det
28	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 banishment	nmod
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 King	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 King	det
31	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	result	gerund	refusal's requests not said here			in toads	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in toad=Location
2	issue	gerund	toads not said here		her mouth		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	refuse			refusal's requests			nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	request		refusal				nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	deteriorate		her appearance				nom deterioration «state intransitive»: of=agent
6	banish		her = she		the court of the King		nom banishment «state transitive»: poss=agent from=place

Option 3

Discourteous and greedy refusal of their requests, resulting in toads issuing from her mouth, a gradual deterioration of her appearance, and public shame before the whole household

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 refusal	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 greedy	cc
3	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Discourteous	conj
4	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 requests	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 requests	nmod:poss
7	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 refusal	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 resulting	punct
9	resulting	result	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 requests	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 toads	case
11	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 resulting	obl
12	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 toads	acl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 mouth	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mouth	nmod:poss
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 issuing	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 deterioration	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 deterioration	det
18	gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 deterioration	amod
19	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requests	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 appearance	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 appearance	nmod:poss
22	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 deterioration	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 shame	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 shame	cc
25	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 shame	amod
26	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refusal	conj
27	before	before	ADP	_	30 household	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 household	det
29	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 household	amod
30	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 shame	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	result	gerund	refusal's requests and a gradual deterioration of her appearance not said here			in toads	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in toad=Location
2	issue	gerund	toads not said here		her mouth		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	refuse			refusal's requests and a gradual deterioration of her appearance			nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	request		refusal				nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	deteriorate		her appearance				nom deterioration «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Rude refusal of the dwarfs' requests, producing toads from her mouth and steady loss of her beauty over time

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 refusal	amod
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 requests	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dwarfs	det
5	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 requests	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 dwarfs	case
7	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 refusal	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 producing	punct
9	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 requests	acl
10	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 producing	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 producing	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 loss	cc
15	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 loss	amod
16	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mouth	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 beauty	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 beauty	nmod:poss
19	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 loss	nmod
20	over	over	ADP	_	21 time	case
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 producing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	produce	gerund	the dwarfs's requests not said here	toads	her mouth and steady loss of her beauty	time	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent toad=Result from mouth=Material
2	refuse			the dwarfs's requests			nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	request		the dwarfs				nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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