Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's…

State the outcome of the Cat's third and final attendance as godmother, as recounted in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Cat · What happens: state, recount, attend · To what, where: outcome, passage

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	11 attendance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attendance	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Cat	case
8	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 attendance	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 final	cc
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 third	conj
11	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 godmother	case
13	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 recounted	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 recounted	mark
16	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 State	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recounted	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the Cat's third attendance		as godmother	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	recount speech: other	participle			the passage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	attend		the Cat				nom attendance «act 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

The Cat consumed the remaining fat, and the Mouse was subsequently devoured by her at the church door after a long hungry walk

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	nsubj
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fat	det
5	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fat	amod
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 devoured	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 devoured	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mouse	det
10	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 devoured	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 devoured	aux:pass
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	13 devoured	advmod
13	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consumed	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 devoured	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 door	det
18	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 door	compound
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 devoured	obl
20	after	after	ADP	_	24 walk	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 walk	det
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 walk	amod
23	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 walk	amod
24	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 devoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	the Cat	the remaining fat					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Asset
2	devour	past · passive	Cat	the Mouse		the church door	after a long hungry walk	subsequently property	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Cat consumed the remaining fat, and the Mouse was subsequently devoured by her

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	nsubj
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fat	det
5	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fat	amod
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 devoured	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 devoured	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mouse	det
10	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 devoured	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 devoured	aux:pass
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	13 devoured	advmod
13	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consumed	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 devoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	the Cat	the remaining fat					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Asset
2	devour	past · passive	Cat	the Mouse				subsequently property	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

The Cat devoured the leftover fat, and afterwards the Mouse was eaten whole by her

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	nsubj
3	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fat	det
5	leftover	leftover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fat	compound
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 eaten	cc
9	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	13 eaten	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mouse	det
11	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux:pass
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 devoured	advcl
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eaten	xcomp
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	the Cat	the leftover fat					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient
2	eat	past · passive	Cat	the Mouse				afterwards, whole property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

The Cat consumed the remaining fat, the Mouse was subsequently devoured by her, and the church bells rang for all the godchildren

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	nsubj
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fat	det
5	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fat	amod
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 devoured	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mouse	det
9	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 devoured	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 devoured	aux:pass
11	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	12 devoured	advmod
12	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consumed	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 devoured	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bells	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 bells	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 church	det
18	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bells	nsubj
19	bells	bell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	parataxis
20	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 bells	ccomp
21	for	for	ADP	_	24 godchildren	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 godchildren	det:predet
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 godchildren	det
24	godchildren	godchild	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 rang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consume	past	the Cat	the remaining fat		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Asset
2	devour	past · passive	Cat	the Mouse	subsequently property	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	bell	present	the church			tree rules
4	ring	past	the church not said here		for all godchildren	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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