Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets…

Which of the following accurately describes the stratagem by which the doctor recovers the stolen property from the lord's household?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: follow, describe, recover, steal · To what, where: stratagem, stolen property, household

This is exam question 2 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stratagem	det
8	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 recovers	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 doctor	det
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recovers	nsubj
13	recovers	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stratagem	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 property	det
15	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 property	amod
16	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recovers	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	21 household	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lord	det
19	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 household	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 lord	case
21	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recovers	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the stratagem		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent stratagem=Theme
3	recover	present	the doctor	the stolen property	the lord's household	by the stratagem	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent property=Theme from household=Source
4	steal	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he returns the gold by stealth

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 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 stealth	case
6	stealth	stealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	he	the gold				by stealth	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he reports the location without naming the thieves

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 reports	nsubj
2	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 location	det
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reports	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 naming	mark
6	naming	name	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reports	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thieves	det
8	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 naming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	he	the location					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Patient
2	name	gerund	he not said here	the thieves					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme

Option 3

he names the thieves

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 names	nsubj
2	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thieves	det
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 names	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present	he	the thieves					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme

Option 4

he reports the thieves to the lord

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 reports	nsubj
2	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thieves	det
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reports	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 lord	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lord	det
7	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reports	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	he	the thieves	the lord				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thief=Topic to lord=Recipient

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