Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid tak…

What was the principal consequence of the lock of hair being lost in the water?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, lose · To what, where: principal consequence, water

This is exam question 1 of lesson 737 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid takes the bride's place and Curdken spies» 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 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lock	det
8	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 hair	case
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lock	nmod
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 lost	aux:pass
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the lock of hair	tree rules
2	lose	gerund · passive				the water			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in water=Eventuality

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

It exposed the maid's deceit to the court

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 exposed	nsubj
2	exposed	expose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceit	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 maid	case
6	deceit	deceit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposed	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expose	past	It	the maid's deceit	the court				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent deceit=Theme to court=Recipient

Option 2

It forced the bride to walk home

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 forced	nsubj
2	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forced	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forced	xcomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past	It	the bride					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent bride=Recipient clause=Topic
2	walk	to-infinitive	the bride not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It saved the bride

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 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	It	the bride					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It enabled the maid to assume the bride's identity

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 enabled	nsubj
2	enabled	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enabled	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 assume	mark
6	assume	assume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enabled	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bride	det
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 identity	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bride	case
10	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assume	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	past	It	the maid					tree rules
2	assume	to-infinitive		the bride's identity					vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Theme

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