Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine: a careless w…

Which property of the earthenware dishes is recorded in the closing passage of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tale · What happens: record, pass · To what, where: property, closing passage

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 property	det
2	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 dishes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dishes	det
5	earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dishes	compound
6	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 property	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 recorded	aux:pass
8	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
11	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passage	compound
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 tale	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tale	det
15	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passage	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 recorded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		which property of the earthenware dishes		the closing passage of the tale			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in passage=Destination
2	pass		the tale						nom passage «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

They were given to Catherine in exchange for the buried gold

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 given	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Catherine	case
5	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 exchange	case
7	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 gold	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gold	det
10	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 gold	amod
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		They	Catherine	exchange		for the buried gold	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to catherine=Recipient for gold=Asset
2	bury	participle							vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They were broken during the fight with the pedlars and never recovered, so the village kept only the pieces of the old set

The tree, 23 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 broken	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux:pass
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 fight	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fight	det
6	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 pedlars	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pedlars	det
9	pedlars	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broken	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 recovered	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 recovered	advmod
12	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kept	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 kept	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 village	det
16	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kept	nsubj
17	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	parataxis
18	only	only	ADV	_	20 pieces	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pieces	det
20	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 kept	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 set	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 set	det
23	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 set	amod
24	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 pieces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive		They	during the fight	with the pedlars	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with pedlar=Instrument
2	not recover	past					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	keep	past	the village	the pieces of the old set			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They were painted with yellow flowers by the miller

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 painted	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 painted	aux:pass
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flowers	amod
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 painted	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 miller	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 miller	det
9	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past · passive	the miller	They				with yellow flowers	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination with flower=Theme

Option 4

They were handed over to the pedlars by Catherine in return for a promise that they would bring back the gold from the garden

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 handed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 handed	aux:pass
3	handed	hand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	3 handed	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 pedlars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pedlars	det
7	pedlars	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 handed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Catherine	case
9	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 handed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 return	case
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 handed	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 promise	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 promise	det
14	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 return	nmod
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 bring	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 bring	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 bring	aux
18	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 promise	acl
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 bring	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gold	det
21	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bring	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 garden	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 garden	det
24	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past · passive	Catherine	They		return for a promise		to the pedlars	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to pedlar=Destination
2	bring back	would	pedlars = pedlar	the gold		the garden			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from garden=Initial_Location

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