Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

To which creature does the servant owe the golden apple that he delivers to the princess at the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: servant · What happens: owe, deliver · To what, where: golden apple, creature, princess, close

This is exam question 3 of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 creature	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 creature	det
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owe	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 owe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owe	nsubj
7	owe	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 apple	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 apple	amod
10	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owe	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 delivers	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 delivers	nsubj
13	delivers	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 owe	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 princess	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 princess	det
16	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 delivers	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 close	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 close	det
19	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 delivers	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 narrative	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 narrative	det
22	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 close	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 owe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	present · do-support	the servant	the golden apple				to which creature goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to creature=Goal
2	deliver	present	servant		the princess	the close of the narrative			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to princess=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

To the three young ravens whom he had rescued from starvation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	5 ravens	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ravens	det
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 ravens	nummod
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ravens	amod
5	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rescued	nsubj:pass
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rescued	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rescued	aux
9	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ravens	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 starvation	case
11	starvation	starvation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rescued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past · perfect · passive		the three young ravens		starvation			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from starvation=Source

Option 2

To the old ant-king who once helped his horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	6 king	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
4	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 king	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 ant	punct
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 helped	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 helped	nsubj
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 helped	advmod
9	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 horse	nmod:poss
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 helped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past			king's horse			to the old ant king; once property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Beneficiary

Option 3

To the three young ravens whom he had rescued from starvation years earlier, along with their mother and father

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	5 ravens	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ravens	det
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 ravens	nummod
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ravens	amod
5	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rescued	nsubj:pass
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rescued	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rescued	aux
9	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ravens	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	starvation	starvation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 years	compound
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 earlier	obl
13	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 rescued	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mother	punct
15	along	along	ADP	_	18 mother	case
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 mother	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mother	nmod:poss
18	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rescued	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 father	cc
20	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past · perfect · passive		the three young ravens				early property	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

To the three fishes he had set free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 fishes	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fishes	det
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 fishes	nummod
4	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 set	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 set	aux
7	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fishes	acl:relcl
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · perfect · passive	the three fishes not said here	he				free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

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