Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…

Describe the relationship between the wise student's sack and the tale of Clever Gretel, as represented within the single portion under examination.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Clever · What happens: describe, represent, tell · To what, where: relationship · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 relationship	det
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	9 sack	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 student	det
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 student	amod
7	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sack	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 student	case
9	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tale	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tale	det
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Clever	case
14	Clever	Clever	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tale	nmod
15	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Clever	flat
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 represented	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 represented	mark
18	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Describe	advcl
19	within	within	ADP	_	22 portion	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 portion	det
21	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 portion	amod
22	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 represented	obl
23	under	under	ADP	_	24 examination	case
24	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 portion	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the relationship and the tale of Clever	between the wise student's sack	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme
2	represent	participle	you not said here		within the single portion under examination	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	tell		Clever			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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

They are both foolish tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tales	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tales	cop
3	both	both	ADV	_	5 tales	advmod
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tales	amod
5	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tales	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	foolish tales				both property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Both tales involve a sack.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 tales	det
2	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 involve	nsubj
3	involve	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sack	det
5	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 involve	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 involve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	present	both tales	a sack					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme

Option 3

Both stories are placed in one passage and rest on a stubborn or silly way of behaving by their heroes.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 stories	det
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 passage	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 passage	nummod
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rest	cc
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passage	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	15 way	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 way	det
12	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 way	amod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 silly	cc
14	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stubborn	conj
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passage	nmod
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 behaving	mark
17	behaving	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 way	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 heroes	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 heroes	nmod:poss
20	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 behaving	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 placed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		both stories		one passage on a stubborn way and rest			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in passage=Destination
2	behave	gerund	a stubborn way not said here					by stories's heroes	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Both tales are presented within one portion and turn upon a foolish or literal manner of conduct.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 tales	det
2	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 presented	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 presented	aux:pass
4	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 portion	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 portion	nummod
7	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 presented	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 turn	cc
9	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 presented	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 manner	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 manner	det
12	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 manner	amod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 literal	cc
14	literal	literal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 foolish	conj
15	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turn	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 conduct	case
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 manner	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 presented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present · passive		both tales				within one portion	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	turn	present				a foolish manner of conduct			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon manner=Trajectory

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