Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

In what manner did the shepherd's dog ultimately secure his own preservation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: do, secure, preserve · To what, where: manner, own preservation

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shepherd	det
6	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dog	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 shepherd	case
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 secure	nsubj
9	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	10 secure	advmod
10	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 preservation	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 preservation	amod
13	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 secure	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	secure	past	the shepherd's dog	dog's own preservation		ultimately property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition preservation=Theme
3	preserve		dog				nom preservation «act 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 · ← Mova's choice

By finding the baby, chasing the wolf off, and carrying the little child safely back home

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 finding	mark
2	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 finding	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chasing	punct
6	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 finding	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chasing	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	6 chasing	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carrying	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 carrying	cc
12	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 finding	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 child	det
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 child	amod
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carrying	obj
16	safely	safely	ADV	_	17 back	advmod
17	back	back	ADV	_	12 carrying	advmod
18	home	home	ADV	_	17 back	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	find	gerund	the baby	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Topic
2	chase off	gerund	the wolf	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
3	carry	gerund	the little child	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By rescuing the child carried off by the wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 rescuing	mark
2	rescuing	rescue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescuing	obj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rescuing	advcl
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 carried	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 wolf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	gerund		the child					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	carry off	participle						by the wolf	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

By saving the little girl from the wild boar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 saving	mark
2	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saving	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 boar	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boar	det
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boar	amod
9	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	gerund		the little girl		the wild boar			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent girl=Theme from boar=Source

Option 4

By bravely rescuing the shepherd's child that the wolf had carried away into the forest

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 rescuing	mark
2	bravely	bravely	ADV	_	3 rescuing	advmod
3	rescuing	rescue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shepherd	det
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 child	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 shepherd	case
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rescuing	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 carried	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	aux
12	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rescuing	advcl
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 carried	advmod
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	gerund		the shepherd's child				bravely property	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	carry away	past · perfect · passive		the wolf		the forest		away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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