Exam question 1 · Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the Queen procured the poisonous fruit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: follow, describe, procure · To what, where: manner, poisonous fruit

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1579 «Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the wicked Queen's end» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 procured	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 procured	nsubj
13	procured	procure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fruit	det
15	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 fruit	amod
16	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 procured	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	procure	past	the Queen	the poisonous fruit	the manner		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=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 · ← Mova's choice

She bought it from a peasant woman in the village street.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 woman	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	peasant	peasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 street	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 street	compound
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	She	it		the village street		from a peasant woman	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from woman=Source

Option 2

She fabricated it in a concealed chamber known only to herself and then hid it under her cloak.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fabricated	nsubj
2	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fabricated	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 chamber	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chamber	det
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 chamber	amod
7	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fabricated	obl
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 chamber	acl
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 herself	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 herself	case
11	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 known	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hid	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 hid	advmod
14	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fabricated	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hid	obj
16	under	under	ADP	_	18 cloak	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 cloak	nmod:poss
18	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hid	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fabricated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	fabricate	past	She	it		a concealed chamber		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
2	conceal	participle						vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	know	participle		a concealed chamber not said here	herself = she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	hide	past	She not said here	chamber		her cloak	then	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under cloak=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She fabricated it in a concealed chamber known only to herself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fabricated	nsubj
2	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fabricated	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 chamber	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chamber	det
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 chamber	amod
7	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fabricated	obl
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 chamber	acl
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 herself	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 herself	case
11	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 known	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fabricated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	fabricate	past	She	it		a concealed chamber	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
2	conceal	participle					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	know	participle		a concealed chamber not said here	herself = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

She had it made by a servant in the castle kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 servant	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 kitchen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kitchen	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kitchen	compound
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servant	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	it					tree rules
2	make	participle						by a servant in the castle kitchen	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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