Exam question 4 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els…

Which of the following most accurately identifies the dwarf's role within the narrative of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify · To what, where: role

This is exam question 4 of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 identifies	advmod
7	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarf	det
9	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 role	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dwarf	case
11	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 narrative	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 narrative	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the dwarf's role				within the narrative of this passage; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent role=Theme

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

He is the trickster who tests the miser's greed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trickster	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trickster	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trickster	det
4	trickster	trickster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tests	nsubj
6	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trickster	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 miser	det
8	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 greed	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 miser	case
10	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tests	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the trickster					tree rules
2	test	present	the trickster	the miser's greed					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greed=Theme

Option 2

He is the benefactor who bestows three wishes upon the servant and later punishes the miser cruelly

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 benefactor	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 benefactor	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 benefactor	det
4	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bestows	nsubj
6	bestows	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 benefactor	acl:relcl
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 wishes	nummod
8	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bestows	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 servant	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bestows	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 punishes	cc
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 punishes	advmod
14	punishes	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bestows	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 miser	det
16	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 punishes	obj
17	cruelly	cruelly	ADV	_	14 punishes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the benefactor		tree rules
2	bestow	present	the benefactor	three wishes	upon the servant	tree rules
3	punish	present	the benefactor not said here	the miser	cruelly, late property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miser=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is the benefactor who bestows three wishes upon the servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 benefactor	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 benefactor	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 benefactor	det
4	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bestows	nsubj
6	bestows	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 benefactor	acl:relcl
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 wishes	nummod
8	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bestows	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 servant	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bestows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the benefactor					tree rules
2	bestow	present	the benefactor	three wishes				upon the servant	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is the villain who steals the servant's gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 villain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 villain	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 villain	det
4	villain	villain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 steals	nsubj
6	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 villain	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 servant	det
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gifts	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 servant	case
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 steals	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the villain	tree rules
2	steal	present	the villain	the servant's gifts	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gift=Theme
3	gift		the servant		nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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