Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disgui…

Which of the following correctly identifies the object by which the queen first attempts to end Snowdrop's life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, end · To what, where: object, life

This is exam question 3 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 identifies	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queen	det
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 which	appos
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 attempts	amod
14	attempts	attempt	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 queen	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 end	mark
16	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 attempts	acl
17	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 life	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Snowdrop	case
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 end	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the object		tree rules
3	end	to-infinitive	Snowdrop's life		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice

A pair of stays laced so the breath is stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pair	det
2	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laced	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	2 pair	case
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 laced	aux:pass
5	laced	lace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 stopped	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 breath	det
8	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stopped	aux:pass
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 laced	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lace	present · passive		a pair					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	stop	present · passive		the breath					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A lace drawn so tightly about the stays that the breath is arrested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lace	det
2	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stays	advcl
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 tightly	advmod
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	3 drawn	advmod
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 stays	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stays	det
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 arrested	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 breath	det
11	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrested	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 arrested	aux:pass
13	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stays	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	draw	participle	a lace not said here		tightly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	a lace			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	arrest	present · passive		the breath		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

A poisoned comb pressed into the hair until the blood runs cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 comb	det
2	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 comb	amod
3	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	nsubj
4	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 comb	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 hair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hair	det
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pressed	obl
8	until	until	ADP	_	10 blood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 blood	det
10	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pressed	obl
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 runs	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	participle						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	press	participle		a poisoned comb not said here	the hair	until the blood		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent into hair=Trajectory
3	run	present	a poisoned comb				cold property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A lace drawn so tightly about the stays that the breath is arrested, and the dwarfs cut it free when they found her

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lace	det
2	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stays	advcl
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 tightly	advmod
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	3 drawn	advmod
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 stays	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stays	det
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 arrested	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 breath	det
11	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrested	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 arrested	aux:pass
13	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stays	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cut	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cut	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dwarfs	det
17	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 cut	nsubj
18	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stays	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 cut	obj
20	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cut	xcomp
21	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 found	advmod
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	nsubj
23	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stays	advcl
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	draw	participle	a lace not said here		tightly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	a lace			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	arrest	present · passive		the breath		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	cut	past	the dwarfs	breath	free property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
5	find	past	dwarfs = dwarf	lace		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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