Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and…

Identify the reason given in the passage for the mother's decision to kill the goat.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mother · What happens: identify, give, kill, decide · To what, where: reason, passage, goat

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 passage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 passage	det
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 decision	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 decision	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 mother	case
12	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 kill	mark
14	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 decision	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 goat	det
16	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kill	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	participle		the reason not said here	the passage	for the mother's decision	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for decision=Asset
3	kill	to-infinitive		the goat			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme
4	decide		the mother				nom decision «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

She wanted to sell the goat for more money

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sell	mark
4	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goat	det
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 money	case
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the goat				for more money	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent goat=Theme for money=Asset

Option 2

Her goat was sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 goat	nmod:poss
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sick	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sick	cop
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her goat					sick property	tree rules

Option 3

She was angry that the goat was eating

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 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 eating	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goat	det
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eating	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eating	aux
8	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 angry	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					angry property	tree rules
2	eat	past · progressive	the goat						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was envious that Little Two-eyes fared better

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 envious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 envious	cop
3	envious	envious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fared	mark
5	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eyes	amod
6	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 eyes	nummod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Two	punct
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fared	nsubj
9	fared	fare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 envious	advcl
10	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 fared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					envious property	tree rules
2	fare	past	Little Two eyes					well property	tree rules

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