Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

By what means did the poor husband procure the rampion which his wife desired so intensely from the garden of the witch?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: poor husband, wife · What happens: mean, procure, desire · To what, where: rampion, garden

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 procure	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 procure	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 husband	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 husband	amod
7	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 procure	nsubj
8	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rampion	det
10	rampion	rampion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 procure	obj
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 desired	obj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wife	nmod:poss
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 desired	nsubj
14	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 rampion	acl:relcl
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 intensely	advmod
16	intensely	intensely	ADV	_	14 desired	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 garden	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 garden	det
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 desired	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 witch	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 witch	det
22	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 garden	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 procure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	procure	past · do-support	the poor husband	the rampion			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rampion=Theme
3	desire	past	husband's wife	the rampion	the garden of the witch	intensely property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot which=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

By sneaking through the gate and taking a few leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sneaking	mark
2	sneaking	sneak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sneaking	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 taking	cc
7	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sneaking	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 leaves	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaves	amod
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak	gerund				the gate			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Trajectory
2	take	gerund		a few leaves					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme

Option 2

By buying them at market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 buying	mark
2	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buying	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 market	case
5	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund		them = they		market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at market=Asset

Option 3

By begging the witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 begging	mark
2	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	gerund			the witch				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient

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

By climbing over the garden wall at dusk and gathering handfuls of the leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 climbing	mark
2	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	compound
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dusk	case
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gathering	cc
10	gathering	gather	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 climbing	conj
11	handfuls	handful	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gathering	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 leaves	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 leaves	det
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 handfuls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund				the garden wall	dusk		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory
2	gather	gerund		handfuls of the leaves					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme

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