Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

What was the ultimate outcome for the carter, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, accord · To what, where: ultimate outcome

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outcome	amod
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 carter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 carter	det
8	carter	carter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 narrative	punct
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 narrative	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the ultimate outcome and the narrative				for the carter	tree rules
2	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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

he was struck by his wife's hatchet in the kitchen

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 hatchet	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hatchet	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 wife	case
8	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 kitchen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kitchen	det
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	his wife's hatchet	he		the kitchen			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument

Option 2

he was killed when his wife swung her hatchet at the sparrow and the blade struck his skull

The tree, 18 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	3 killed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	aux:pass
3	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 swung	advmod
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swung	nsubj
7	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hatchet	nmod:poss
9	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swung	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 sparrow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sparrow	det
12	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swung	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 struck	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 blade	det
15	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 struck	nsubj
16	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 skull	nmod:poss
18	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 struck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	kill	past · passive		he		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	swing	past	his wife	wife's hatchet	the sparrow	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme at sparrow=Location
3	strike	past	the blade	blade's skull		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he was killed by a blow from his own wife's hatchet

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	3 killed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	aux:pass
3	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 blow	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 blow	det
6	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	12 hatchet	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wife	amod
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hatchet	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 wife	case
12	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive	a blow	he		his own wife's hatchet			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from hatchet=Initial_Location

Option 4

he died of old age

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 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 age	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 age	amod
5	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	he				of old age		vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of age=Causer

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