Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: t…

According to the passage, which of the following accurately records the dwelling in which the fisherman and his wife resided prior to their acquisition of the cottage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, fisherman · What happens: accord, follow, record, reside, acquire · To what, where: dwelling, cottage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 733 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: the soldier wins a princess, and the fisherman's wife starts asking for more» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 records	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 records	nsubj
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 records	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 records	det
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 records	nsubj
10	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	11 records	advmod
11	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 passage	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dwelling	det
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 records	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 resided	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fisherman	det
17	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 resided	nsubj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wife	cc
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 wife	nmod:poss
20	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fisherman	conj
21	resided	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dwelling	acl:relcl
22	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	25 acquisition	case
23	to	to	ADP	_	22 prior	fixed
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 acquisition	nmod:poss
25	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 resided	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 cottage	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 cottage	det
28	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 acquisition	nmod
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	record	present	the passage	the dwelling		accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme
4	reside	past	the fisherman and his wife		the dwelling	prior fisherman's acquisition of the cottage	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location
5	acquire		fisherman	the cottage			nom acquisition «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

A pigsty situated close by the seaside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pigsty	det
2	pigsty	pigsty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pigsty	acl
4	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 situated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 seaside	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seaside	det
7	seaside	seaside	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a pigsty not said here				by the seaside; close property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by seaside=Destination

Option 2

A cottage situated close by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cottage	det
2	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cottage	acl
4	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 situated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a cottage not said here				by the river; close property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by river=Destination

Option 3

A barn situated far from the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barn	det
2	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 barn	acl
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 situated	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 village	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 village	det
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a barn not said here		the village		far property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A small hut by the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hut	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hut	amod
3	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hut	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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