Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

In what manner did the king first recognise his former betrothed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, recognise, betroth · To what, where: manner, former

This is exam question 1 of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recognise	nsubj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 recognise	advmod
8	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 former	nmod:poss
10	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 betrothed	obl:unmarked
11	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 recognise	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		tree rules
2	recognise	infinitive	the king			first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	betroth	participle	the king not said here	king's former			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

by observing the ring he had bestowed upon her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 observing	mark
2	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observing	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bestowed	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bestowed	aux
7	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ring	acl:relcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 observing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund		the ring				upon her = she	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ring=Topic
2	bestow	past · perfect	he	the ring not said here					tree rules

Option 2

by carefully observing the ring he had once bestowed upon her and her maids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 observing	mark
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	3 observing	advmod
3	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observing	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bestowed	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bestowed	aux
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 bestowed	advmod
9	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 ring	acl:relcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 observing	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 maids	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 maids	nmod:poss
14	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 her	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund		the ring				upon her = she; carefully property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ring=Topic
2	bestow	past · perfect	he	the ring not said here				once property	tree rules

Option 3

by observing the ring he had bestowed upon her at their parting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 observing	mark
2	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bestowed	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observing	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bestowed	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bestowed	aux
7	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bestowed	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 parting	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 parting	nmod:poss
12	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bestowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund	he not said here	the ring			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ring=Topic
2	bestow	past · perfect	he		their parting	upon her = she	tree rules
3	part		their = they				nom parting «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

by examining the letter she had written

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 examining	mark
2	examining	examine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 examining	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 written	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 written	aux
7	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 letter	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	gerund		the letter					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	write	past · perfect	she	the letter not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

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