Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless w…

To what cause does the text attribute the ruin of Catherine's dinner and cellar?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cause · What happens: do, ruin · To what, where: text attribute, dinner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 752 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless wife ruins the dinner, and the gold is stolen.» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attribute	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	compound
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ruin	det
9	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 dinner	case
11	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 dinner	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Catherine	case
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ruin	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cellar	cc
15	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dinner	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	cause	the text attribute					tree rules
2	ruin			Catherine's dinner and cellar					nom ruin «state 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

Her decision to leave the steak frying in the pan and to go down into the cellar to draw the ale for the guests

The tree, 24 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 decision	nmod:poss
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steak	det
6	steak	steak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	frying	fry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 leave	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pan	det
10	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frying	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 go	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	conj
14	down	down	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 cellar	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cellar	det
17	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 draw	mark
19	draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 go	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ale	det
21	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 draw	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 guests	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 guests	det
24	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 draw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive	Her decision	the steak			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steak=Theme
2	fry	gerund	Her decision not said here			in the pan	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in pan=Instrument
3	go down	to-infinitive	Her decision not said here		the cellar	down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	draw	to-infinitive	Her decision not said here	the ale		for the guests	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ale=Result for guest=Beneficiary
5	decide		Her = she				nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Her choice to fry the steak for Frederick at noon

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 choice	nmod:poss
2	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fry	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fry	mark
4	fry	fry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steak	det
6	steak	steak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fry	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Frederick	case
8	Frederick	Frederick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fry	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 noon	case
10	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fry	to-infinitive	Her choice	the steak			noon	for Frederick	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent steak=Patient for frederick=Beneficiary

Option 3

Her decision to sprinkle the meal on the cellar floor

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 decision	nmod:poss
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprinkle	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sprinkle	mark
4	sprinkle	sprinkle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 meal	det
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprinkle	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
9	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 floor	compound
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprinkle	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	to-infinitive	Her decision	the meal		the cellar floor			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent meal=Theme on floor=Destination
2	decide		Her = she						nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her decision to leave the steak frying and to draw the ale

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 decision	nmod:poss
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 frying	det
6	steak	steak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frying	compound
7	frying	frying	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 draw	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 draw	mark
10	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 leave	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ale	det
12	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 draw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive	Her decision	the steak frying	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frying=Theme
2	draw	to-infinitive	Her decision not said here	the ale	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Theme
3	decide		Her = she		nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

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