Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's…

Which of the following accurately describes the sequence in which the Queen obtains the secret of the reel and the enchanted shirts?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: follow, describe, obtain, enchant · To what, where: sequence, secret

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1678 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans» 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	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 obtains	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 obtains	nsubj
13	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 secret	det
15	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obtains	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 reel	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 reel	det
18	reel	reel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 secret	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 shirts	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 shirts	det
21	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 shirts	amod
22	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 reel	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the sequence		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
3	obtain	present	the Queen	the secret of the reel and the enchanted shirts	the sequence		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
4	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

She sews enchantments into shirts, bribes the guards, and then learns about the reel

The tree, 14 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	2 sews	nsubj
2	sews	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	enchantments	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sews	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 shirts	case
5	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sews	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bribes	punct
7	bribes	bribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shirts	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bribes	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 learns	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 learns	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 learns	advmod
13	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sews	conj
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 reel	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 reel	det
16	reel	reel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 learns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	present	She	enchantments		shirts and bribes and the guards			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent enchantment=Material into shirt=Product
2	learn	present	She not said here				then	about the reel	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about reel=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She steals the reel from the servants, sews the shirts, and then bribes the king's guards

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	2 steals	nsubj
2	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reel	det
4	reel	reel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 steals	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 servants	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servants	det
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reel	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sews	punct
9	sews	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 steals	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shirts	det
11	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sews	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bribes	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bribes	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 bribes	advmod
15	bribes	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 steals	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 guards	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 king	case
19	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bribes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	steal	present	She	the reel	the servants		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reel=Theme from servant=Source
2	sew	present	She not said here	the shirts			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Product
3	bribe	present	She not said here	the king's guards		then	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient

Option 3

She bribes the servants, learns of the reel, sews enchantments into the little shirts, and then waits for the brothers to come home to the castle

The tree, 26 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	2 bribes	nsubj
2	bribes	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servants	det
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bribes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learns	punct
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bribes	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 reel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reel	det
9	reel	reel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sews	punct
11	sews	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bribes	conj
12	enchantments	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sews	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 shirts	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shirts	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 shirts	amod
16	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sews	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 waits	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 waits	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 waits	advmod
20	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bribes	conj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 brothers	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 brothers	det
23	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 waits	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 come	mark
25	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 waits	advcl
26	home	home	ADV	_	25 come	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 castle	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 castle	det
29	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	present	She	the servants				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient
2	learn	present	She not said here				of the reel	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of reel=Topic
3	sew	present	She not said here	enchantments	the little shirts			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent enchantment=Material into shirt=Product
4	wait	present	She not said here			then	for the brothers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	come	to-infinitive	She not said here		the castle		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She bribes the servants, learns of the reel, and then sews enchantments into the little shirts

The tree, 16 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	2 bribes	nsubj
2	bribes	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servants	det
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bribes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learns	punct
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bribes	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 reel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reel	det
9	reel	reel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sews	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sews	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sews	advmod
13	sews	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bribes	conj
14	enchantments	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sews	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	18 shirts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 shirts	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 shirts	amod
18	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sews	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	present	She	the servants				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient
2	learn	present	She not said here				of the reel	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of reel=Topic
3	sew	present	She not said here	enchantments	the little shirts	then		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent enchantment=Material into shirt=Product

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