Exam question 2 · Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal ta…

Which of the following animals was, by its own account, the one that had swallowed the missing ring?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, swallow · To what, where: one

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» 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	11 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 animals	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animals	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 account	obl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 account	cop
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 account	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 account	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 account	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 account	amod
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 account	appos
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 swallowed	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 swallowed	aux
17	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 one	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ring	det
19	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 ring	amod
20	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 swallowed	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past		by its own account; of the following animals	tree rules
3	swallow	past · perfect · passive	the one		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 fat duck that had been resting by the stream in the yard all afternoon long

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 duck	det
2	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 duck	amod
3	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 long	obl:unmarked
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 resting	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 resting	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 resting	aux
7	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 duck	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 stream	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stream	det
10	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resting	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 yard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 yard	det
13	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resting	obl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 afternoon	det
15	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resting	obl:unmarked
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	past · perfect · progressive	the fat duck				afternoon	by the stream; in the yard	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location

Option 2

the duck resting by the stream, which had swallowed the Queen's ring while drinking water

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duck	det
2	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 duck	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 stream	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stream	det
6	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 swallowed	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 swallowed	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 swallowed	aux
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stream	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ring	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Queen	case
14	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swallowed	obj
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 drinking	mark
16	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 water	amod
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rest	gerund	the duck not said here	drinking water	by the stream	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location
2	swallow	past · perfect · passive		the stream		tree rules
3	drink	gerund				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the swan resting by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 swan	det
2	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 swan	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	gerund	the swan not said here					by the river	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the duck resting by the stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duck	det
2	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 duck	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 stream	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stream	det
6	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	gerund	the duck not said here					by the stream	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location

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