Exam question 3 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 25: the pri…

What was the outcome of the prince's disguise at the royal stable?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1636 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 25: the prince beheads the fox, then returns in disguise and wakes the bird» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 disguise	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disguise	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 prince	case
9	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 stable	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stable	det
12	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stable	amod
13	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disguise	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				of the prince's disguise at the royal stable	tree rules

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

He was arrested at once by the guards and taken to the dungeon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 arrested	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 arrested	aux:pass
3	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 arrested	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 guards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guards	det
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arrested	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 taken	cc
10	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arrested	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 dungeon	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dungeon	det
13	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	past · passive	the guards	He					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	take	participle	the guards not said here					to the dungeon result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to dungeon=Result

Option 2

He was admitted as a farrier and given a room in the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 admitted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 admitted	aux:pass
3	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 farrier	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 farrier	det
6	farrier	farrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 given	cc
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 admitted	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 palace	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 palace	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past · passive		He				as a farrier	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	give	participle		a room		the palace			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 3

He was jailed at the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jailed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jailed	aux:pass
3	jailed	jail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jail	past · passive		He		the palace			vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was admitted as a farrier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 admitted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 admitted	aux:pass
3	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 farrier	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 farrier	det
6	farrier	farrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past · passive		He				as a farrier	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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