Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…

Identify the material from which the Dragon's wineglass was to be fashioned, as stated in the riddle answer given by the third soldier.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wineglass · What happens: identify, be, state, give · To what, where: material, riddle answer

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 fashioned	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dragon	det
7	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 wineglass	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Dragon	case
9	wineglass	wineglass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fashioned	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fashioned	cop
11	to	to	PART	_	13 fashioned	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 fashioned	cop
13	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 material	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stated	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 stated	mark
16	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 fashioned	advcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 answer	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 answer	compound
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stated	obl
21	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 answer	acl
22	by	by	ADP	_	25 soldier	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 soldier	det
24	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	25 soldier	amod
25	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 given	obl:agent
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the material			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	is	past	the Dragon's wineglass		the material	fashioned property	tree rules
3	state speech: other	participle	the Dragon's wineglass not said here		the riddle answer		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	give	participle		the riddle answer not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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 shell of a sea turtle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 turtle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 turtle	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turtle	compound
6	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shell	nmod

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

Option 2

The hollow hoof of a dead horse, carved and polished by the soldiers' own hands

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hoof	det
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hoof	amod
3	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carved	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hoof	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 carved	punct
9	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 polished	cc
11	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 carved	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	17 hands	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soldiers	det
14	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 hands	nmod:poss
15	'	's	PART	_	14 soldiers	case
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hands	amod
17	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 polished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	participle · passive		the hollow hoof of a dead horse					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	polish	participle						by the soldiers's own hands	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The hollow hoof of a dead horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hoof	det
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hoof	amod
3	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hoof	nmod

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

Option 4

The hoof of a living horse that the Dragon had ridden across the sea to fetch

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hoof	det
2	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hoof	nmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 ridden	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Dragon	det
9	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 ridden	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ridden	aux
11	ridden	ride	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 hoof	acl
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ridden	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 fetch	mark
16	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ridden	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past · perfect	the Dragon	the hoof of a living horse not said here		the sea			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hoof=Theme across sea=Trajectory
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the Dragon not said here						vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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