Exam question 1 · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

Which of the following statements concerning the servant's final words is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servant · What happens: follow, concern, be, word · To what, where: final words

This is exam question 1 of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» 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	13 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 accurate	obl
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 accurate	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 servant	det
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 words	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 servant	case
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concerning	obj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 accurate	cop
13	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund		the servant's final words		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=Experiencer
3	is	present			of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules
4	word		the servant			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 servant hid from the crows and then sang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 crows	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crows	det
6	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sang	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 sang	advmod
9	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the servant					from the crows	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from crow=Beneficiary
2	sing speech: express	past	the servant not said here				then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The servant became stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the servant	stone					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The crows described the servant and then flew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crows	det
2	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 described	nsubj
3	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 servant	det
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flew	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 flew	advmod
8	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past	the crows	the servant					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
2	fly	past	the crows not said here				then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The servant described what the crows had said and then became stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	nsubj
3	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 described	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crows	det
6	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	aux
8	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 what	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 became	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 became	advmod
11	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	conj
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	describe	past	the servant			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the crows		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
3	become	past	the servant not said here	stone	then	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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