Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu…

Which of the three musicians first entered the castle and returned injured?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: enter, return, injure · To what, where: castle

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» 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	7 entered	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 musicians	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 musicians	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 musicians	nummod
5	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 entered	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 entered	advmod
7	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entered	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 returned	cc
11	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 entered	conj
12	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 returned	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 entered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enter	past	the castle	of the three musicians; first property	tree rules
2	return	past			tree rules
3	injure	participle			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 right answer

The fiddler, who was struck by the dwarf and expelled through the iron gate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddler	det
2	fiddler	fiddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 struck	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 struck	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fiddler	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 dwarf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarf	det
9	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 struck	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 expelled	cc
11	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 struck	conj
12	through	through	ADP	_	15 gate	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
14	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gate	compound
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive		the fiddler				by the dwarf	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument
2	expel	participle				the iron gate			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The fiddler, who was struck by the dwarf and expelled through the iron gate and then sent back to the village in shame by the king

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddler	det
2	fiddler	fiddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 struck	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 struck	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fiddler	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 dwarf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarf	det
9	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 struck	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 expelled	cc
11	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dwarf	conj
12	through	through	ADP	_	15 gate	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
14	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gate	compound
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expelled	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sent	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 sent	advmod
18	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	conj
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 sent	advmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 village	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 village	det
22	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sent	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 shame	case
24	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 village	nmod
25	by	by	ADP	_	27 king	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 king	det
27	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	the fiddler			by the dwarf	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument
2	expel	participle		the iron gate			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	send back	past		the village in shame	then	by the king	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to village=Destination

Option 3

The trumpeter, who was struck by the dwarf and thrown out of the hall

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trumpeter	det
2	trumpeter	trumpeter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 struck	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 struck	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 trumpeter	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 dwarf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarf	det
9	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 struck	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 thrown	cc
11	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 struck	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	15 hall	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hall	det
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive		the trumpeter				by the dwarf	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument
2	throw	participle				the hall			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent out hall=Destination

Option 4

The flute-player, who was grabbed by the dwarf and flung into the stream

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 player	det
2	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 player	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 flute	punct
4	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grabbed	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 grabbed	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grabbed	aux:pass
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 player	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 dwarf	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dwarf	det
11	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grabbed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flung	cc
13	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 grabbed	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 stream	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stream	det
16	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past · passive		the flute player				by the dwarf	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fling	participle				the stream			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into stream=Destination

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