Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the action of Little Three-eyes in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Little Three eyes · What happens: follow, describe, act · To what, where: action

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1921 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes, part 58: the sisters spy on the goat's magic table, and the mother kills the goat» 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	8 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 action	det
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 eyes	case
12	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 eyes	amod
13	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 eyes	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Three	punct
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 action	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eyes	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action of Little Three eyes in the passage	of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	act		Little Three eyes in the passage			nom action «act intransitive»: of=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

She secretly watched the magic table for days and then reported every detail of it to her angry mother

The tree, 19 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 watched	nsubj
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	3 watched	advmod
3	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
5	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 table	compound
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watched	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watched	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reported	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 reported	advmod
11	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 watched	conj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 detail	det
13	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reported	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 detail	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 mother	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mother	nmod:poss
18	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mother	amod
19	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	She	the magic table		day	secretly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	report	past	She not said here	every detail of detail	her angry mother	then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent detail=Topic to mother=Recipient
3	detail			detail				nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

She ignored the table and went to sleep in the meadow

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 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 went	cc
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sleep	mark
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 went	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 meadow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 meadow	det
11	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ignore	past	She	the table		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	go	past	She not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sleep	to-infinitive	She not said here		the meadow	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in meadow=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She watched the magic table closely and ran to tell her sisters

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 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 table	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 table	compound
5	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watched	obj
6	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 watched	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ran	cc
8	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 watched	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tell	mark
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 ran	xcomp
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sisters	nmod:poss
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	watch	past	She	the magic table		closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	run	past	She not said here				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here		her sisters		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She observed the magic table and reported it to her mother

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 observed	nsubj
2	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 table	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 table	compound
5	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reported	cc
7	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 observed	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reported	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past	She	the magic table					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent table=Topic
2	report	past	She not said here	table	her mother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to mother=Recipient

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