Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part…
Which of the following describes the reason the Prince's elder brothers were banished?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, banish · To what, where: reason, elder brothers
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1936 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part 73: the cruel brothers are banished, and the old cat and dog join the fox's war» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reason | det |
| 7 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Prince | det |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Prince | case |
| 11 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 brothers | amod |
| 12 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 banished | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 banished | aux:pass |
| 14 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 reason | acl:relcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | |||||
| 3 | banish | past · passive | the Prince's elder brothers | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They confessed to slaying their brother to obtain the golden horse and bird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 confessed | nsubj |
| 2 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 slaying | mark |
| 4 | slaying | slay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 confessed | advcl |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slaying | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 obtain | mark |
| 8 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 slaying | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horse | det |
| 10 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 horse | amod |
| 11 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obtain | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 bird | cc |
| 13 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 horse | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | They | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | slay | gerund | They not said here | their brother | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | ||||
| 3 | obtain | to-infinitive | They not said here | the golden horse and bird | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset horse=Theme |
Option 2
They tried to steal the golden horse and were caught by the palace guards at night
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 steal | mark |
| 4 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tried | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 caught | cc |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 caught | aux:pass |
| 10 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 tried | conj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 guards | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 guards | det |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 guards | compound |
| 14 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 caught | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | They | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | steal not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | the golden horse | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme | ||||
| 3 | catch | past · passive | the palace guards | night | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They stole the king's gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gold | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 king | case |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | They | the king's gold | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme |
Option 4
They lied about the horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lied | nsubj |
| 2 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 horse | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | They | about the horse | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about horse=Location |
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