Exam question 2 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furred Creature: the rin…

Describe the manner in which the King first identifies the Many-Furred Creature as the true cook of the soup.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, King · What happens: describe, identify, fur · To what, where: manner, Furred Creature

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1924 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furred Creature: the ring, the reel and the wedding» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 identifies	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 identifies	nsubj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 identifies	advmod
9	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Creature	det
11	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Furred	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Many	punct
13	Furred	fur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 Creature	amod
14	Creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 identifies	obj
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 cook	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cook	det
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cook	amod
18	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 identifies	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 soup	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 soup	det
21	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cook	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	identify	present	the King	the Furred Creature	as the true cook of the soup; first property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme as cook=Attribute
3	fur	participle				tree rules

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 right answer

by the confession of the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 confession	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 confession	det
3	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confession	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess			the cook					nom confession «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

by the confession of the cook after he was threatened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 confession	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 confession	det
3	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confession	nmod
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 threatened	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 threatened	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 threatened	aux:pass
10	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cook	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	past · passive		he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	confess			the cook					nom confession «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

by the confession of the cook and the testimony of the whole court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 confession	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 confession	det
3	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confession	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 testimony	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 testimony	det
9	testimony	testimony	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cook	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 court	amod
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 testimony	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess			the cook and the testimony of the whole court					nom confession «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	testify		the whole court						nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

through a letter from the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	3 letter	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 letter	det
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 letter	nmod

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

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