Exam question 4 · Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: t…

To whom does the shoemaker first address his remark concerning the pigs in the sea?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shoemaker, remark · What happens: address, concern, remark · To what, where: remark, pigs, sea

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 whom	case
2	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 address	obl
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 address	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shoemaker	det
5	shoemaker	shoemaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 address	nsubj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 address	advmod
7	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 remark	nmod:poss
9	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 address	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 remark	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pigs	det
12	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 address	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	address	present · do-support	the shoemaker	shoemaker's remark		first property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Destination
2	concern	gerund	shoemaker's remark not said here	the pigs	the sea		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pig=Experiencer
3	remark		shoemaker				nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

To the robbers who were returning from the sea shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 robbers	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 robbers	det
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 returning	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 returning	aux
6	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 robbers	acl:relcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 shore	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shore	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shore	compound
10	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past · progressive	the robbers			the sea shore			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from shore=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To the captain's daughter at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	5 daughter	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 captain	det
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 daughter	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 captain	case
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 daughter	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To the robbers returning from the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 robbers	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 robbers	det
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 robbers	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 shore	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shore	det
7	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the robbers not said here			the shore			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from shore=Initial_Location

Option 4

To the captain's daughter who had come to the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	5 daughter	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 captain	det
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 daughter	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 captain	case
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 come	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 daughter	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 shore	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shore	det
11	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	the captain's daughter			the shore			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to shore=Initial_Location

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