Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the fa…

Select the correct account of the events by which the king's trusty servant came to suspect that the white snake had given him knowledge.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, trusty servant · What happens: select, come, suspect, give, account · To what, where: correct account, white snake, servant, events

This is exam question 4 of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 account	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 account	amod
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 events	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 events	det
7	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 account	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 came	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 servant	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 king	case
13	trusty	trusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 servant	amod
14	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 events	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 suspect	mark
17	suspect	suspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 came	xcomp
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 given	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 snake	det
20	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 snake	amod
21	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 given	nsubj:pass
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 given	aux
23	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 suspect	ccomp
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 given	iobj
25	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 given	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the correct account of the events			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	come	past	the king's trusty servant			by the events	tree rules
3	suspect	to-infinitive	the king's trusty servant not said here				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	give	past · perfect · passive		the white snake	servant		tree rules
5	account			the events			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 heard sparrows

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	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	sparrows					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sparrow=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He ate a snake

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	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He	a snake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient

Option 3

He saw the snake and understood it

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 understood	cc
6	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 understood	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	the snake					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snake=Stimulus
2	understand	past	He not said here	snake					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He heard sparrows chattering and understood them

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	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
4	chattering	chatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heard	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 understood	cc
6	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 understood	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	past	He	sparrows	tree rules
2	chatter	gerund	sparrows not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	understand	past	He not said here	sparrows = sparrow	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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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