Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fundevogel: the children escape the c…

Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the children evaded the pursuit of the cook's servants?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, children · What happens: follow, describe, mean, evade, pursue · To what, where: pursuit, servants · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 740 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fundevogel: the children escape the cook by magic» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 evaded	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 children	det
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 evaded	nsubj
13	evaded	evade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pursuit	det
15	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 evaded	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 servants	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cook	det
18	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 servants	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 cook	case
20	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 pursuit	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	evade	past	the children	the pursuit of the cook's servants		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent pursuit=Location
5	pursue			the cook's servants		nom pursuit «act transitive»: 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

by sending a false message to the servants about their whereabouts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 message	det
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 message	amod
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 servants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 servants	det
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sending	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 whereabouts	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 whereabouts	nmod:poss
11	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 servants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		a false message		the servants about servants's whereabouts			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to servant=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by transforming themselves and each other into successive natural and manufactured objects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 transforming	mark
2	transforming	transform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 transforming	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 each	cc
5	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 transforming	obl
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 each	fixed
7	into	into	ADP	_	12 objects	case
8	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 objects	amod
9	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 objects	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 manufactured	cc
11	manufactured	manufactured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 natural	conj
12	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 transforming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	gerund		themselves = they				into successive natural objects result; each obl	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient into object=Result

Option 3

by changing into objects that the servants kept overlooking during the search

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 changing	mark
2	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 objects	case
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 changing	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 kept	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servants	det
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 objects	acl:relcl
9	overlooking	overlook	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 kept	xcomp
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 search	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 search	det
12	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 overlooking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund				into objects result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into object=Result
2	keep	past	the servants	objects			tree rules
3	overlook	gerund	objects not said here		during the search		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

by transforming into a series of animals, plants and buildings that deceived the servants at every turn

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 transforming	mark
2	transforming	transform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 deceived	advcl
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 series	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 series	det
5	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforming	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 animals	case
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 series	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 transforming	punct
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 deceived	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 buildings	cc
11	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plants	conj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 deceived	nsubj
13	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 servants	det
15	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 deceived	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 turn	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 turn	det
18	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 deceived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	gerund	plants and buildings not said here					into a series of animals result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into series=Result
2	deceive	past	plants and buildings	the servants		every turn			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient

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