Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

Which of the following is the punishment inflicted upon the wicked sister at the conclusion of the narrative?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister'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	7 punishment	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 punishment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 punishment	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 punishment	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 punishment	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 sister	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sister	det
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sister	amod
12	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflicted	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conclusion	det
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflicted	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 narrative	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrative	det
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 punishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the punishment	tree rules
3	inflict	participle	the punishment not said here	the conclusion of the narrative	upon the wicked sister	tree rules
4	conclude		the narrative			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

A barrel bristling with spikes, dragged by six wild horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barrel	det
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	bristling	bristle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 barrel	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 spikes	case
5	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bristling	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dragged	punct
7	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 spikes	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 horses	case
9	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 horses	nummod
10	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horses	amod
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bristle	gerund	a barrel not said here					with spikes	vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location with spike=Theme
2	drag	participle		spikes not said here				by six wild horses	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by horse=Location

Option 2

Hanged from the palace gate in full view of the whole crowd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hanged	Hanged	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gate	compound
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hanged	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 view	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 view	amod
8	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gate	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 crowd	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crowd	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 crowd	amod
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	view			the whole crowd					nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Thrown into the serpent-pit for the rest of her days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	6 pit	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pit	det
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pit	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 serpent	punct
6	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thrown	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 rest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rest	det
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thrown	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 days	nmod:poss
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle						into the serpent pit result; for the rest of her days	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into pit=Result

Option 4

She was made to walk barefoot across burning coals in the square before the whole court and crowd

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	3 made	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 walk	mark
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	barefoot	barefoot	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 coals	case
8	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 coals	amod
9	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walk	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 square	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 square	det
12	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
13	before	before	ADP	_	16 court	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 court	amod
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 crowd	cc
18	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 court	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		She				tree rules
2	walk	to-infinitive	She not said here		burning coals	before the whole court and crowd	in the square; barefoot property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across coal=Trajectory
3	burn	gerund						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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