Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep…

What became of the proverb associated with the two remaining musicians?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: become, associate · To what, where: proverb

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 proverb	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 proverb	det
5	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
6	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 proverb	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 musicians	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 musicians	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 musicians	nummod
10	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 musicians	amod
11	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 associated	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past						of the proverb	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	associate	participle		the proverb not said here				with the two remaining musicians	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with musician=Co-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

It spread among the townsfolk as a warning for travellers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spread	nsubj
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 townsfolk	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 townsfolk	det
5	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	obl
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 warning	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 warning	det
8	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 travellers	case
10	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 warning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	It			the townsfolk		as a warning for travellers	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among townsfolk=Location

Option 2

It passed into common use for any unreturned undertaking across the whole kingdom and beyond

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passed	nsubj
2	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 use	case
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 undertaking	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 undertaking	det
8	unreturned	unreturned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 undertaking	amod
9	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl
10	across	across	ADP	_	13 kingdom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kingdom	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kingdom	amod
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 beyond	cc
15	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	13 kingdom	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	It			common use		for any unreturned undertaking; across the whole kingdom	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into use=Initial_Location across kingdom=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It was used only by the two musicians themselves for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 musicians	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 musicians	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 musicians	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 musicians	nummod
8	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 musicians	nmod:unmarked
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 years	case
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive	the two musicians musicians	It			year		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It passed into common use for any unreturned undertaking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passed	nsubj
2	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 use	case
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 undertaking	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 undertaking	det
8	unreturned	unreturned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 undertaking	amod
9	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	It			common use		for any unreturned undertaking	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into use=Initial_Location

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