Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt…

By what means did Gretel bring about the destruction of the witch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gretel · What happens: mean, bring, destroy · To what, where: witch

This is exam question 2 of lesson 744 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt and the children go home rich» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bring	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bring	aux
5	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bring	nsubj
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 destruction	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 destruction	det
9	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 witch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 witch	det
12	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 destruction	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past · do-support	Gretel		about the destruction of the witch	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	destroy			the witch		nom destruction «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 · ← Mova's choice

By thrusting the witch into the oven and shutting the door tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 thrusting	mark
2	thrusting	thrust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thrusting	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 oven	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oven	det
7	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thrusting	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shutting	cc
9	shutting	shut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thrusting	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shutting	obj
12	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shutting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thrust	gerund		the witch		the oven			vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme
2	shut	gerund		the door				tight property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 2

By shoving her in the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 shoving	mark
2	shoving	shove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shoving	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shoving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	gerund		her = she		the fire			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme in fire=Destination

Option 3

By locking her in the oven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 locking	mark
2	locking	lock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locking	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 oven	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oven	det
6	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	gerund		her = she		the oven			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By thrusting her into the oven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 thrusting	mark
2	thrusting	thrust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thrusting	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 oven	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oven	det
6	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thrusting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thrust	gerund		her = she		the oven			vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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