Exam question 1 · Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the…

Which object did the girl throw into the sea upon the first instruction, as reported by the step-mother?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: throw, report · To what, where: sea

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 throw	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	nsubj
6	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 instruction	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 instruction	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 instruction	amod
13	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reported	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 reported	mark
16	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 throw	parataxis
17	by	by	ADP	_	21 mother	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 mother	det
19	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 mother	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 step	punct
21	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reported	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 throw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · do-support	which object					into the sea result; upon the first instruction	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into sea=Result
2	report	participle						by the step mother	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: 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

The golden comb she carried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 comb	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 comb	amod
3	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the golden comb						vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Her little silver dog bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bell	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 silver	amod
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dog	compound
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bell	compound
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The casket, a small box of her own, with a lock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 casket	det
2	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 box	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 box	amod
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 casket	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 box	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lock	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 lock	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lock	det
13	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 casket	conj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The casket, a small box of her own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 casket	det
2	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 box	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 box	amod
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 casket	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 box	nmod

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

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