Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the gol…

By what means did the golden lad conceal his golden colour from the forest robbers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: golden lad · What happens: mean, conceal · To what, where: golden colour, forest robbers

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1931 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the golden lad is turned to stone» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 conceal	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lad	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lad	amod
7	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	nsubj
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 colour	nmod:poss
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 colour	amod
11	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 robbers	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 robbers	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 robbers	compound
15	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conceal	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	past · do-support	the golden lad	lad's golden colour		the forest robbers			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent colour=Patient from robber=Beneficiary

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

by hiding in the bushes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bushes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bushes	det
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the bushes			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by covering himself in bearskins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 covering	mark
2	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 covering	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 bearskins	case
5	bearskins	bearskin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 covering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund		himself = he				in bearskins	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination in bearskin=Theme

Option 3

by covering himself in thick bearskins and dirt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 covering	mark
2	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 covering	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bearskins	case
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bearskins	amod
6	bearskins	bearskin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 covering	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dirt	cc
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearskins	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund		himself = he				in thick bearskins and dirt	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination in bearskin=Theme

Option 4

by wearing dark robes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 wearing	mark
2	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 robes	amod
4	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund		dark robes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme

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