Exam question 4 · Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and…

Which of the following correctly identifies the punishment inflicted upon the wicked Queen at the conclusion of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, inflict, conclude · To what, where: punishment, conclusion, tale

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 punishment	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Queen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queen	det
12	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Queen	amod
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 inflicted	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 conclusion	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conclusion	det
16	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inflicted	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 tale	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tale	det
19	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conclusion	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the punishment		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme
3	inflict	participle	the punishment not said here	the conclusion of the tale	upon the wicked Queen	tree rules
4	conclude		the tale			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died.

The tree, 13 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	3 compelled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dance	mark
5	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 shoes	case
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hot	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 red	punct
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
10	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shoes	compound
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dance	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 died	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dance	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	compel	past · passive		She		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	dance	to-infinitive			hot iron shoes	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location
3	die	past	she			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died before the entire court.

The tree, 17 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	3 compelled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dance	mark
5	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 shoes	case
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hot	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 red	punct
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
10	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shoes	compound
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dance	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 died	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dance	advcl
15	before	before	ADP	_	18 court	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 court	det
17	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 court	amod
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 died	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	compel	past · passive		She			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	dance	to-infinitive			hot iron shoes		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location
3	die	past	she			before the entire court	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

She was locked in a tower until she starved.

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	3 locked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 starved	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 starved	nsubj
9	starved	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 locked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		She		a tower			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	starve	past	she						tree rules

Option 4

She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died, as a warning to all wicked queens who would harm their stepdaughters.

The tree, 25 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	3 compelled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dance	mark
5	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 shoes	case
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hot	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 red	punct
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
10	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shoes	compound
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dance	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 died	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dance	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 warning	punct
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 warning	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 warning	det
18	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 died	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 queens	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 queens	det
21	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 queens	amod
22	queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 warning	nmod
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 harm	nsubj
24	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 harm	aux
25	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 queens	acl:relcl
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 stepdaughters	nmod:poss
27	stepdaughters	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 harm	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	compel	past · passive		She			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	dance	to-infinitive			hot iron shoes		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location
3	die	past	she			as a warning to all wicked queens	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	harm	would	all wicked queens	queens's stepdaughters			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stepdaughter=Experiencer

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