Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves…

Upon what occasion did the faithful servant employ the three snake-leaves, and upon whom?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: occasion, faithful servant · What happens: do, employ · To what, where: three snake leaves

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servant	det
6	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servant	amod
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employ	nsubj
8	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 leaves	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 leaves	nummod
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaves	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 snake	punct
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 employ	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 whom	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 whom	cc
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 whom	case
17	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 did	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	occasion						tree rules
2	employ	infinitive	the faithful servant	the three snake leaves					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme

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

to cure the old King's illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 cure	mark
2	cure	cure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 King	amod
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 illness	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 King	case
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	to-infinitive		the old King's illness					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source

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

to restore the drowned King to life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 restore	mark
2	restore	restore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
4	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 King	amod
5	King	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restore	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	to-infinitive		the drowned King	life				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Theme to life=Recipient
2	drown	participle							vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

to heal the servant's wounded hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 heal	mark
2	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hand	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 servant	case
6	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hand	amod
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	to-infinitive		the servant's wounded hand					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 4

to revive the captain from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 revive	mark
2	revive	revive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 captain	det
4	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revive	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revive	to-infinitive		the captain		the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent captain=Patient

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