Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest…

In what manner did the prince secure his release from the host's house?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: do, secure · To what, where: manner, release, house

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1635 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest prince pays a murderous host, escapes, and meets the fox again» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	nsubj
7	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 release	nmod:poss
9	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 host	det
12	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 host	case
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	secure	past	the prince	prince's release		the host's house			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from house=Source

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 right answer

By paying a large sum of money to the host and settling the dead man's debt

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 paying	mark
2	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paying	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sum	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 host	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 host	det
10	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paying	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 settling	cc
12	settling	settle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 paying	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 debt	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 man	case
17	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 settling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay	gerund	a large sum of money	to the host	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Asset
2	settle	gerund	the dead man's debt		vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme debt=Location
3	sum		money		nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By convincing the host with a clever riddle and then riding away with the maid after giving him all the gold from the castle

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 convincing	mark
2	convincing	convince	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 host	det
4	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convincing	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 riddle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 riddle	det
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 riddle	amod
8	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convincing	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 riding	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 riding	advmod
11	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 convincing	conj
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 riding	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 maid	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 maid	det
15	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 riding	obl
16	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 giving	mark
17	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 riding	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 giving	iobj
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 gold	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gold	det
21	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 giving	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 castle	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 castle	det
24	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convince	gerund	the host				with a clever riddle	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus host=Experiencer
2	ride away	gerund				then	with the maid; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	give	gerund	all gold	maid	the castle			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme

Option 3

By bribing the guards and fleeing the house before dawn at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 bribing	mark
2	bribing	bribe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guards	det
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bribing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fleeing	cc
6	fleeing	flee	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bribing	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fleeing	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fleeing	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fleeing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	gerund		the guards					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
2	flee	gerund		the house			dawn; night		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Initial_Location

Option 4

By begging the host and promising to work in his kitchen for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 begging	mark
2	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 host	det
4	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begging	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 promising	cc
6	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 begging	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 promising	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 kitchen	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 kitchen	nmod:poss
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 work	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 year	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	gerund	the host			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent host=Recipient
2	promise speech: promise	gerund				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	work not said to happen	to-infinitive		year	in his kitchen	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Theme

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