Exam question 3 · Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the…

Identify the punishment imposed upon the step-mother and step-sister at the conclusion of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, impose, conclude · To what, where: punishment, narrative

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 punishment	det
3	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 punishment	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 mother	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mother	det
7	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mother	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 step	punct
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sister	cc
11	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sister	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 step	punct
13	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mother	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 conclusion	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conclusion	det
16	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sister	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conclusion	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the punishment		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme
2	impose	participle		the punishment not said here	upon the step mother and step sister at the conclusion of the narrative	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	conclude			the narrative		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

They were thrown into the snake-pit in place of the brother and then the palace gates were sealed forever

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 pit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pit	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pit	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 snake	punct
8	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 brother	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brother	det
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sealed	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 sealed	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gates	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gates	compound
18	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 sealed	nsubj:pass
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sealed	aux:pass
20	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thrown	conj
21	forever	forever	ADV	_	20 sealed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		They				into the snake pit result; in place of the brother	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into pit=Result
2	seal	past · passive		the palace gates			then	forever property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

They were locked in the tower for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 locked	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	aux:pass
3	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tower	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		They		the tower for life			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They were flung into the snake-pit in place of the brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 flung	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flung	aux:pass
3	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 pit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pit	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pit	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 snake	punct
8	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flung	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flung	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 brother	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brother	det
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past · passive		They		the snake pit		in place of the brother	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into pit=Destination

Option 4

They were flung into the snake-pit in place of the brother, who was freed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 flung	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flung	aux:pass
3	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 pit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pit	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pit	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 snake	punct
8	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flung	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flung	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 brother	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brother	det
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 freed	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 freed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 freed	aux:pass
17	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 brother	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past · passive		They		the snake pit		in place of the brother	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into pit=Destination
2	free	past · passive		the brother					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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