Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwar…

Identify the means by which the seven kids were released from the wolf's stomach, as described in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: identify, mean, release, describe · To what, where: seven kids, stomach, passage · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 762 «Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwarf wins the three tasks» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 released	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kids	det
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 kids	nummod
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 released	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 released	aux:pass
10	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 stomach	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wolf	det
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stomach	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 wolf	case
15	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 released	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 described	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 described	mark
18	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 released	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 passage	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 passage	det
21	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 described	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	infinitive			vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	release	past · passive	the seven kids	the wolf's stomach	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
4	describe	participle		the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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 goat cut open the wolf's stomach with scissors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cut	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stomach	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 wolf	case
8	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 open	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 scissors	case
10	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	the goat						tree rules
2	open	infinitive	the goat not said here	the wolf's stomach				with scissors	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient with scissors=Instrument

Option 2

The goat opened the belly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	nsubj
3	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 belly	det
5	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the goat	the belly					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location belly=Theme

Option 3

The goat used scissors to cut the wolf's stomach open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 goat	acl
4	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cut	mark
6	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stomach	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 wolf	case
10	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obj
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cut	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle	the goat not said here	scissors					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Patient
2	cut	to-infinitive	the goat not said here	the wolf's stomach				open property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stomach=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The goat cut the stomach open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obj
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cut	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	the goat	the stomach				open property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Product

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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