Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless w…

In what manner did the peasants respond when the small peasant's wealth was revealed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peasants · What happens: do, respond, reveal · To what, where: manner, wealth

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peasants	det
6	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respond	nsubj
7	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 revealed	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peasant	det
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 peasant	amod
11	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wealth	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 peasant	case
13	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 revealed	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 revealed	aux:pass
15	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 respond	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past			what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	respond speech: other	present	the peasants			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	reveal	past · passive		the small peasant's wealth		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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

They gave their cows to the merchant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cows	nmod:poss
4	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 merchant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	their cows	the merchant				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cow=Theme to merchant=Recipient

Option 2

They quietly watched the small peasant's house for weeks, then began planning to steal his gold and skins at night from the barn

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 watched	nsubj
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 watched	advmod
3	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peasant	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 peasant	amod
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 house	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 peasant	case
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watched	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 weeks	case
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watched	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 began	advmod
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 watched	conj
14	planning	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 began	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 steal	mark
16	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 planning	xcomp
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 gold	nmod:poss
18	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 steal	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 skins	cc
20	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 gold	conj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 night	case
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 planning	obl
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 barn	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 barn	det
25	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 began	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	They	the small peasant's house		week	quietly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	begin	past	They not said here		the barn	then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	plan	gerund	They not said here			night		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	steal not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	peasant's gold and skins				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They slaughtered their cows and stripped the skins to sell them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slaughtered	nsubj
2	slaughtered	slaughter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cows	nmod:poss
4	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slaughtered	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stripped	cc
6	stripped	strip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slaughtered	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skins	det
8	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stripped	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sell	mark
10	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stripped	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	slaughter	past	They	their cows	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient
2	strip	past	They not said here	the skins	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
3	sell	to-infinitive	They not said here	skins = skin	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They sold their land and bought more sheep to graze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 land	nmod:poss
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bought	cc
6	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sold	conj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 sheep	amod
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bought	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 graze	mark
10	graze	graze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bought	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sell	past	They	their land	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
2	buy	past	They not said here	more sheep	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
3	graze	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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