Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

What was the condition of the merchant's son at the close of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: condition, close

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 son	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 merchant	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 close	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 close	det
12	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 close	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition		the close of this passage		of the merchant's son	tree rules

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 was held by the black dwarf

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	3 held	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 dwarf	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwarf	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dwarf	amod
7	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive	the black dwarf	He					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stood within a circle drawn on the ground

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 circle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 circle	det
5	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
6	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 circle	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He					within a circle	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	draw	participle		a circle not said here		the ground			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination

Option 3

He sat beside a tall oak tree

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
6	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tree	compound
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	He			a tall oak tree			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside tree=Location

Option 4

He stood within a circle drawn on the ground while the dwarf circled outside it

The tree, 15 words

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 circle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 circle	det
5	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
6	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 circle	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drawn	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 dwarf	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dwarf	det
12	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
13	circled	circle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 dwarf	acl
14	outside	outside	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 circled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He	the dwarf		within a circle	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	draw	participle		a circle not said here	the ground		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination
3	circle	participle		the dwarf not said here		outside dwarf	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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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