Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked…

What undertaking does Rapunzel give the king's son concerning her descent from the tower?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rapunzel, son · What happens: give, concern, descend · To what, where: son, descent, tower

This is exam question 3 of lesson 739 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked in a tower, and a prince learns how to climb up to her» 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 give	obj
2	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	Rapunzel	Rapunzel	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 son	acl
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 descent	nmod:poss
12	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 tower	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tower	det
15	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	Rapunzel	the king's son		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient son=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the king's son not said here	Rapunzel's descent	the tower	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus descent=Experiencer
3	descend		Rapunzel			nom descent «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

To weave a ladder from the silk he brings each evening, and then climb down to the garden

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 weave	mark
2	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 climb	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ladder	det
4	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weave	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 silk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 silk	det
7	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weave	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brings	nsubj
9	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 silk	acl:relcl
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 evening	det
11	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brings	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 climb	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 climb	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 climb	advmod
15	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	down	down	ADV	_	15 climb	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 garden	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 garden	det
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	to-infinitive	you not said here	a ladder	the silk			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent ladder=Product from silk=Material
2	bring	present	he	the silk not said here		evening		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent silk=Theme
3	climb down	imperative	you not said here		the garden	then	down property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to garden=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To weave a ladder from the silk he brings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 weave	mark
2	weave	weave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ladder	det
4	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weave	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 silk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 silk	det
7	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weave	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brings	nsubj
9	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 silk	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	to-infinitive		a ladder		the silk			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent ladder=Product from silk=Material
2	bring	present	he	the silk not said here					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent silk=Theme

Option 3

To weave a ladder from the silk he brings, and to flee with him before the enchantress returns

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 weave	mark
2	weave	weave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ladder	det
4	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weave	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 silk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 silk	det
7	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weave	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brings	nsubj
9	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 silk	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flee	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flee	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 flee	mark
13	flee	flee	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 weave	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 flee	obl
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 returns	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 enchantress	det
18	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 returns	nsubj
19	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 flee	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	weave	to-infinitive		a ladder	the silk		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent ladder=Product from silk=Material
2	bring	present	he	the silk not said here			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent silk=Theme
3	flee	to-infinitive				with him = he	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	return	present	the enchantress				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To wait for him at the window each night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wait	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive				the window	night	for him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at window=Location

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