Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fundevogel: the children escape the c…

State the outcome of the cook's final pursuit, and identify the agent responsible for the cook's death.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, cook · What happens: state, identify, pursue, die · To what, where: outcome, agent

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 pursuit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pursuit	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 cook	case
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pursuit	amod
9	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 identify	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 identify	cc
12	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 State	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 agent	det
14	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 identify	obj
15	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 identify	xcomp
16	for	for	ADP	_	20 death	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cook	det
18	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 death	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 cook	case
20	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 responsible	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the cook's final pursuit		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	identify	infinitive	you not said here	the agent	responsible property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
3	pursue		the cook			nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	die		the cook			nom death «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the cook drowned in the pond, the duck being the agent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cook	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drowned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 agent	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 duck	det
9	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 agent	nsubj
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 agent	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 agent	det
12	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cook	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	participle		the cook and the agent not said here		the pond			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	gerund	the duck	the agent					tree rules

Option 2

the cook was burned, the forester being the agent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 burned	aux:pass
4	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 agent	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forester	det
7	forester	forester	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 agent	nsubj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 agent	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 agent	det
10	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		the cook					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	is a	gerund	the forester	the agent					tree rules

Option 3

the cook was burned alive in the kitchen fire, the forester being the agent of her death in the end

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 burned	aux:pass
4	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 burned	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fire	compound
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 agent	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forester	det
12	forester	forester	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 agent	nsubj
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 agent	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 agent	det
15	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 death	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 death	nmod:poss
18	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 agent	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 end	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 end	det
21	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		the cook	the kitchen fire	in the end	alive property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	is a	gerund	the forester	the agent			of her death	tree rules
3	die		her = she					nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

the cook was pulled under the water in the pond by a fish and drowned there

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	aux:pass
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fish	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fish	det
13	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 drowned	cc
15	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	conj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 drowned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past · passive	a fish	the cook		the water		in the pond	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	drown	past	a fish not said here			there			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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