Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked…

For what reason does the husband descend the wall a second time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: descend · To what, where: wall

This is exam question 4 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 descend	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 descend	nsubj
7	descend	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 descend	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 descend	obl:unmarked
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	present · do-support	the husband	the wall			time		vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wall=Theme

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

His wife craves a further supply of rampion, and the enchantress has promised him more in return

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 craves	nsubj
3	craves	crave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 supply	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 supply	amod
6	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 craves	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 rampion	case
8	rampion	rampion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 promised	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 promised	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 enchantress	det
12	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 promised	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 promised	aux
14	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 craves	advcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 promised	iobj
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 craves	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 return	case
18	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 craves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crave	present	His wife	a further supply of rampion		return			vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot supply=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	present · perfect · passive		the enchantress	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal he=Theme

Option 2

His wife craves a further supply of rampion, which the enchantress had said would cure her fully

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 craves	nsubj
3	craves	crave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 supply	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 supply	amod
6	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cure	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 rampion	case
8	rampion	rampion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 said	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 said	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 enchantress	det
12	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 said	aux
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 supply	acl:relcl
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 cure	aux
16	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 craves	ccomp
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 cure	obj
18	fully	fully	ADV	_	16 cure	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	crave	present	His wife			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the enchantress		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme which=Manner
3	cure	would	a further supply of rampion	wife	fully property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source

Option 3

His wife asks for another bunch of salad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 bunch	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 bunch	det
6	bunch	bunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 salad	case
8	salad	salad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bunch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	His wife					for another bunch of salad	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His wife craves a further supply of rampion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 craves	nsubj
3	craves	crave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 supply	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 supply	amod
6	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 craves	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 rampion	case
8	rampion	rampion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crave	present	His wife	a further supply of rampion					vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot supply=Theme

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