Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

With reference to the text, what significance attaches to the gold ring on the murdered girl's finger, and what consequence follows from its removal?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: significance, consequence · What happens: attach, murder, follow, remove · To what, where: removal

This is exam question 4 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attaches	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 attaches	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 attaches	obj
8	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attaches	nsubj
9	attaches	attach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 ring	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ring	det
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ring	compound
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attaches	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	19 finger	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 girl	det
16	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 girl	amod
17	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 finger	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 girl	case
19	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ring	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 follows	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 follows	cc
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 follows	obj
23	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 follows	nsubj
24	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 attaches	conj
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 removal	case
26	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 removal	nmod:poss
27	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 follows	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 attaches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	attach	present	significance		with reference to the text; to the gold ring on the murdered girl's finger	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent what=Patient with reference=Co-Patient
2	murder	participle				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	follow	present	consequence	consequence's removal		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme from removal=Trajectory
4	remove		consequence			nom removal «act transitive»: 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

The ring identified her family to the robbers, who then tracked the miller's household through the forest and attacked the mill later that same week

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 identified	nsubj
3	identified	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 family	nmod:poss
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 identified	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 robbers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 robbers	det
8	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 identified	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tracked	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 tracked	nsubj
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 tracked	advmod
12	tracked	track	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 identified	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 miller	det
14	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 household	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 miller	case
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tracked	obj
17	through	through	ADP	_	19 forest	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 forest	det
19	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tracked	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 attacked	cc
21	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 identified	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 mill	det
23	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 attacked	obj
24	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 attacked	advmod
25	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 week	det
26	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 week	amod
27	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 attacked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	past	the ring	her family			to the robbers	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent family=Theme to robber=be'
2	track	past		the miller's household	the forest	then		vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent household=Theme through forest=Location
3	attack	past	the ring not said here	the mill		week	late property	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It marked her as betrothed, and the finger was cut off to take the ring, which fell near the hidden girl

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 marked	nsubj
2	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 marked	obj
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 betrothed	mark
5	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 marked	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cut	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cut	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 finger	det
9	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cut	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cut	aux:pass
11	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 marked	parataxis
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 cut	compound:prt
13	to	to	PART	_	14 take	mark
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 cut	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ring	det
16	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fell	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 fell	nsubj
19	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 ring	acl:relcl
20	near	near	ADP	_	23 girl	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 girl	det
22	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 girl	amod
23	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mark	past	It	her = she		tree rules
2	betroth	participle				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	cut off	past · passive		the finger		vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
4	take	to-infinitive		the ring		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme
5	fall	past	the ring		near the hidden girl	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near girl=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The ring was too tight to draw off, so a robber cut off the finger, which then fell to the hidden girl

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tight	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 tight	advmod
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ring	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 draw	mark
7	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tight	xcomp
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 draw	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 robber	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 robber	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 robber	det
12	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ring	appos
13	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 robber	acl
14	off	off	ADP	_	16 finger	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 finger	det
16	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fell	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 fell	nsubj
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 fell	advmod
20	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 robber	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	24 girl	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 girl	det
23	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 girl	amod
24	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past				tight property	tree rules
2	draw off	to-infinitive					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cut off	participle	a robber not said here	the finger			vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector finger=Eventuality
4	fall	past	a robber		then	to the hidden girl	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to girl=Pivot

Option 4

The ring was too tight, so the robber cut the finger, which fell to the hidden girl

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tight	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tight	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 tight	advmod
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cut	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 cut	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 robber	det
9	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	nsubj
10	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tight	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 finger	det
12	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 fell	nsubj
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tight	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 girl	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 girl	det
18	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 girl	amod
19	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ring		tight property	tree rules
2	cut	past	the robber	the finger		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset finger=Product
3	fall	past			to the hidden girl	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to girl=Pivot

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