Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

To what extent did the carter's remorse change over the course of the events described?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent, carter · What happens: do, describe, change · To what, where: remorse change, course, events

This is exam question 2 of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 carter	det
6	carter	carter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 carter	case
8	remorse	remorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	compound
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 course	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 course	det
12	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 events	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 events	det
15	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 course	nmod
16	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 events	acl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	extent	the carter's remorse change	the course of the events	tree rules
2	describe	participle		the events not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	change		the carter			nom change «event intransitive»: 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 right answer

it did not change; he remained unrepentant until his death

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	4 change	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 change	advmod
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 remained	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 remained	nsubj
7	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 change	ccomp
8	unrepentant	unrepentant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remained	xcomp
9	until	until	ADP	_	11 death	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 death	nmod:poss
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	not change	past · do-support	it			tree rules
2	remain	past	he	until his death	unrepentant property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	die		his = he			nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

it grew stronger, and he became crueller

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 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 grew	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 became	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 became	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 became	nsubj
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
8	crueller	cruell	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	it					strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	become	past	he					cruell property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he became very sorry for his crimes and wept bitterly, but only once his wife was dead

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 sorry	advmod
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 crimes	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 crimes	nmod:poss
7	crimes	crime	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sorry	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wept	cc
9	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
10	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	_	9 wept	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dead	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 dead	cc
13	only	only	ADV	_	18 dead	advmod
14	once	once	SCONJ	_	18 dead	mark
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dead	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 dead	cop
18	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	become	past	he	sorry property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	weep	past	he not said here	bitterly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	his wife	dead property	tree rules
4	incriminate		his = he		nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

it did not change at all; he stayed completely unrepentant and angry until the very end of his life

The tree, 19 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	4 change	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 change	advmod
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 change	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 stayed	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stayed	nsubj
9	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 change	parataxis
10	completely	completely	ADV	_	11 unrepentant	advmod
11	unrepentant	unrepentant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stayed	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 angry	cc
13	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 unrepentant	conj
14	until	until	ADP	_	17 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 end	advmod
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stayed	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 life	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 life	nmod:poss
20	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	past · do-support	it			all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	past	he				until the end of his life	unrepentant property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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