Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

What was the intended fate of the old dog Sultan, and to whom did he turn for counsel?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan · What happens: intend, be, turn · To what, where: intended fate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dog	amod
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dog	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 turn	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 turn	cc
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 whom	case
14	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 turn	obl
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 turn	aux
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 turn	nsubj
17	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fate	parataxis
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 counsel	case
19	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 turn	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	intend	participle				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the intended fate	of the old dog	tree rules
3	turn	past · do-support	Sultan		to the intended fate; for counsel	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to whom=Result

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

Execution by shooting; the wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 shooting	mark
3	shooting	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Execution	acl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 wolf	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Execution	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	gerund	Execution and the wolf not said here						vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Being shot by the shepherd for losing his teeth; he turned to the wolf for counsel and help

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shot	aux:pass
2	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 turned	csubj:pass
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 shepherd	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shepherd	det
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shot	obl
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 losing	mark
7	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 shepherd	acl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 teeth	nmod:poss
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 losing	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 turned	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 turned	nsubj
12	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 wolf	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wolf	det
15	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turned	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 counsel	case
17	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turned	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 help	cc
19	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 counsel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shoot	gerund · passive	the shepherd				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lose	gerund	the shepherd not said here	shepherd's teeth			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality
3	turn	past	shepherd		the wolf	for counsel and help	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to wolf=Trajectory

Option 3

Execution by shooting at dawn; he went to the wise old wolf in the forest for advice

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
2	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 shooting	mark
3	shooting	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Execution	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 dawn	case
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shooting	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 wolf	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wolf	det
11	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wolf	amod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wolf	amod
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 advice	case
18	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	gerund	Execution not said here				dawn		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	Execution			the forest		to the wise old wolf; for advice	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in forest=Location for advice=Theme

Option 4

Death by poison; the old cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 poison	case
3	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	nmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 cat	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die		poison						nom death «event intransitive»: by=agent

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