Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid tak…
Which phrase most accurately describes the treatment of the true bride following her arrival at court?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, true bride · What happens: describe, follow, treat, arrive · To what, where: treatment, arrival, court, true bride
This is exam question 3 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 accurately | advmod |
| 4 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 5 describes | advmod |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 treatment | det |
| 7 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 bride | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bride | det |
| 10 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bride | amod |
| 11 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 treatment | nmod |
| 12 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 bride | acl |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 14 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 following | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 court | case |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 following | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | which phrase | the treatment of the true bride | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | the true bride not said here | phrase's arrival | court | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme at court=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | treat | the true bride | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | arrive | phrase | nom arrival «act 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 · ← Mova's choice
She was sent to the kitchen to cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux:pass |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 kitchen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kitchen | det |
| 6 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 cook | mark |
| 8 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sent | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | She | the kitchen | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to kitchen=Destination | ||||
| 2 | cook | to-infinitive | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She was consigned to the courtyard as a goose-girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 consigned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 consigned | aux:pass |
| 3 | consigned | consign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 courtyard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 courtyard | det |
| 6 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consigned | obl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 girl | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 9 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 girl | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 goose | punct |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consigned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consign | past · passive | She | to the courtyard; as a goose girl | tree rules |
Option 3
She was given a room in the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 room | det |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | She | the palace | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient room=Theme |
Option 4
She was consigned to the courtyard as a goose-girl and forbidden to speak to anyone at court
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 consigned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 consigned | aux:pass |
| 3 | consigned | consign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 courtyard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 courtyard | det |
| 6 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consigned | obl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 girl | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 9 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 girl | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 goose | punct |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consigned | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 forbidden | cc |
| 13 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 consigned | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 speak | mark |
| 15 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 forbidden | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 anyone | case |
| 17 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 speak | obl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 court | case |
| 19 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consign | past · passive | She | to the courtyard; as a goose girl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forbid | participle | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |
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