Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disgui…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs decline to inter Snowdrop's body within the ground?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dwarfs · What happens: follow, state, decline · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 755 «Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disguises, then the poisoned apple» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwarfs	det
10	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 decline	nsubj
11	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 body	case
13	inter	int	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 body	amod
14	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 body	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Snowdrop	case
16	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 decline	obl
17	within	within	ADP	_	19 ground	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ground	det
19	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 decline	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	decline	present	the dwarfs	the reason not said here	to Snowdrop's inter body result; within the ground	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient reason=Extent to body=Result

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

Her complexion remains rosy and her countenance resembles that of a living person

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 complexion	nmod:poss
2	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 resembles	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 countenance	nmod:poss
7	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	nsubj
8	resembles	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remains	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 person	mark
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
12	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 person	compound
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Her complexion					rosy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	resemble	present	complexion's countenance						tree rules

Option 2

Her colour stays fresh and she appears to be merely sleeping peacefully

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 colour	nmod:poss
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stays	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 appears	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 appears	nsubj
7	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stays	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	11 sleeping	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 sleeping	cop
10	merely	merely	ADV	_	11 sleeping	advmod
11	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 appears	advcl
12	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	_	11 sleeping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Her colour	fresh property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	appear	present	colour		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	colour not said here	merely, peacefully, sleep property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Her complexion remains rosy and her countenance resembles that of a living person, so the dwarfs think she is only sleeping and cannot be buried

The tree, 26 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 complexion	nmod:poss
2	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 resembles	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 countenance	nmod:poss
7	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	nsubj
8	resembles	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remains	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 person	mark
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
12	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 person	amod
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resembles	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 think	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 think	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dwarfs	det
17	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 think	nsubj
18	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remains	conj
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 sleeping	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 sleeping	aux
21	only	only	ADV	_	22 sleeping	advmod
22	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 think	ccomp
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 buried	cc
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 buried	aux
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 buried	advmod
26	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 buried	aux:pass
27	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remains	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Her complexion	rosy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	resemble	present	complexion's countenance		tree rules
3	think speech: other	present	the dwarfs		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	sleep	present · progressive	countenance		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	not bury	can · passive	Her complexion not said here		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

The glass would crack if they buried her in the frozen soil at winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glass	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crack	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 crack	aux
4	crack	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 buried	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 buried	nsubj
7	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crack	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 buried	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 soil	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soil	det
11	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 soil	amod
12	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buried	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 winter	case
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	crack	would	the glass				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bury a condition, not said to happen	past	they	glass	the frozen soil	winter	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in soil=Destination
3	freeze	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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