Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard ord…

By what means did the Prince ascend the tower in which Rapunzel was confined?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do, ascend, confine · To what, where: Prince, tower, Rapunzel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ascend	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	ascend	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tower	det
9	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ascend	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 confined	obl
12	Rapunzel	Rapunzel	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 confined	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 confined	aux:pass
14	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tower	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ascend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the Prince		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
3	ascend	present	the tower		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tower=Trajectory
4	confine	past · passive	Rapunzel	the tower	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination

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

by climbing her plaited hair

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	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hair	nmod:poss
4	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		her plaited hair					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hair=Theme
2	plait	participle							vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

by climbing up the thick plaited hair that hung from the window

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	up	up	ADP	_	2 climbing	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hair	det
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
6	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hung	nsubj
9	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hair	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 window	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	climb up	gerund		the thick plaited hair		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hair=Theme
2	plait	participle				vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hang	past	the thick plaited hair		the window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

by climbing the ivy on the wall

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ivy	det
4	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		the ivy		the wall			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location ivy=Theme

Option 4

by riding a horse up the stairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 riding	mark
2	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 riding	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund		a horse		the stairs			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme up stair=Trajectory

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