Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

Pursuant to the text, what precise cause is assigned to the death of the second young woman in the robbers' cellar?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: second young woman · What happens: assign, die · To what, where: precise cause

This is exam question 2 of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 text	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 text	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 assigned	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 assigned	obj
7	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cause	amod
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 assigned	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 assigned	aux:pass
10	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 text	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 death	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 death	det
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 assigned	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 woman	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 woman	det
16	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 woman	amod
17	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 woman	amod
18	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 death	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	23 cellar	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 robbers	det
21	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 cellar	nmod:poss
22	'	's	PART	_	21 robbers	case
23	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 woman	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 text	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assign	present · passive		precise cause				to the death of the second young woman in the robbers's cellar	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal what=Theme
2	die		the second young woman in the robbers's cellar						nom death «event intransitive»: of=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

She was forced by the robbers to drink wine laced with poison, and she died in agony a few hours afterwards in the cellar

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 robbers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 robbers	det
6	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forced	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 drink	mark
8	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
9	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drink	obj
10	laced	lace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 wine	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 poison	case
12	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laced	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 died	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 died	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 died	nsubj
16	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 agony	case
18	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 died	obl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 hours	det
20	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 hours	amod
21	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 died	obl:unmarked
22	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	16 died	advmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 cellar	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 cellar	det
25	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	force	past · passive	the robbers	She			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	drink	to-infinitive	She not said here	wine			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient
3	lace	participle		wine not said here		with poison	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	die	past	she		hour	in the cellar; in agony; afterwards property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in agony=Attribute

Option 2

Her heart failed after she drank the sleeping draught the robbers poured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 drank	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drank	nsubj
6	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 failed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 draught	det
8	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 draught	amod
9	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drank	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 robbers	det
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 poured	nsubj
12	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 drank	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fail	past	Her heart		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drink	past	heart	the sleeping draught	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient
3	pour	past	the robbers		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her heart gave way after she had been made to drink three glasses of wine

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 made	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 made	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 made	aux:pass
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gave	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 drink	mark
11	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 made	xcomp
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 glasses	nummod
13	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drink	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 wine	case
15	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 glasses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past	Her heart	way	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
2	make	past · perfect · passive		heart	tree rules
3	drink	to-infinitive	heart not said here	three glasses of wine	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient

Option 4

She died of a stab wound after drinking the wine the robbers brought her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 wound	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wound	det
5	stab	stab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wound	compound
6	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 drinking	mark
8	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 died	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wine	det
10	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drinking	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 robbers	det
12	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 brought	nsubj
13	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	parataxis
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	die	past	She			of a stab wound	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of wound=Causer
2	drink	gerund	She not said here	the wine			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient
3	bring	past	the robbers		her = she		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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