Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greed…

With reference to the narrative, state the final situation of the wife as described at the conclusion of the tale.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe, conclude · To what, where: final situation, conclusion, tale

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 described	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 narrative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 narrative	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 situation	det
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 situation	amod
10	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 described	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 wife	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wife	det
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 situation	nmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 described	mark
15	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 conclusion	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 conclusion	det
18	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 described	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 tale	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tale	det
21	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 conclusion	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	participle · passive		the final situation of the wife		the conclusion of the tale		with reference to the narrative and state	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	conclude			the tale					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

She returns to the old hut again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 hut	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hut	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hut	amod
6	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	2 returns	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 returns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	She				again	to the old hut result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result

Option 2

She is back home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 back	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 back	cop
3	back	back	ADV	_	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 back	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 back	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					back, home property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She is returned to her former hut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 returned	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 returned	aux:pass
3	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 hut	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hut	nmod:poss
6	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hut	amod
7	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present · passive		She		her former hut			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hut=Destination

Option 4

She is sent back to the cottage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cottage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cottage	det
7	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	present · passive		She		the cottage			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to cottage=Destination

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