Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fundevogel: the children escape the c…
Identify the sequence of transformations undertaken by the children in response to the three pursuits recorded in this passage.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, undertake, record · To what, where: sequence, transformations, response, three pursuits, passage
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sequence | det |
| 3 | sequence | sequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 transformations | case |
| 5 | transformations | transformation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sequence | nmod |
| 6 | undertaken | undertake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 transformations | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 children | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 children | det |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 undertaken | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 response | case |
| 11 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 undertaken | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 pursuits | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pursuits | det |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 pursuits | nummod |
| 15 | pursuits | pursuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 response | nmod |
| 16 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 pursuits | acl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 passage | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 passage | det |
| 19 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 recorded | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the sequence of transformations | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme | ||||
| 2 | undertake | participle | transformations not said here | response to the three pursuits | by the children | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | record | participle | the three pursuits not said here | this passage | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination |
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 · ✓ the right answer
rose-tree and rose, then church and chandelier, then fishpond and duck
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 rose | punct |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rose | cc |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 church | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 church | advmod |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 chandelier | cc |
| 10 | chandelier | chandelier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 church | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fishpond | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 fishpond | advmod |
| 13 | fishpond | fishpond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 duck | cc |
| 15 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fishpond | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | rose tree | church and chandelier | fishpond and duck obl | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
a fir tree and a bird, then a castle and a crown, then a well and a frog, finally a fox
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | fir | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bird | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 castle | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 castle | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 crown | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 crown | det |
| 13 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 frog | punct |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 frog | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 frog | det |
| 17 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 frog | advmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 frog | cc |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 frog | det |
| 20 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fox | punct |
| 22 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 24 fox | advmod |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 fox | det |
| 24 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
rose-tree, rose, church, chandelier, fishpond, duck, and finally a mill and a wheel
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 rose | punct |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rose | punct |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 church | punct |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chandelier | punct |
| 9 | chandelier | chandelier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 church | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fishpond | punct |
| 11 | fishpond | fishpond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 church | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 duck | punct |
| 13 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 church | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mill | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 mill | cc |
| 16 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 18 mill | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 mill | det |
| 18 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wheel | cc |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 wheel | det |
| 21 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | rose tree | church and chandelier and fishpond and duck | a mill and a wheel obl | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location church=Theme |
Option 4
rose-tree and rose, then church and lamp, then pond and fish
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 rose | punct |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rose | cc |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tree | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 church | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 church | advmod |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lamp | cc |
| 10 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 church | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pond | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 pond | advmod |
| 13 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fish | cc |
| 15 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pond | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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