Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister…
Describe the reward conferred upon the huntsman by the old woman in exchange for his kindness.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, confer · To what, where: reward
This is exam question 4 of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» 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 reward | det |
| 3 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | conferred | confer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reward | acl |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 huntsman | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 huntsman | det |
| 7 | huntsman | huntsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 conferred | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 woman | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 woman | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 woman | amod |
| 11 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 conferred | obl:agent |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 exchange | case |
| 13 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 woman | nmod |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 kindness | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 16 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 exchange | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the reward | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | ||||
| 2 | confer | participle | the reward not said here | upon the huntsman | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: 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
A wishing-cloak, a piece of gold each morning, and a golden key to the castle
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cloak | det |
| 2 | wishing | wishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 wishing | punct |
| 4 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 piece | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 piece | det |
| 7 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 piece | nmod |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 morning | det |
| 11 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 piece | nmod:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 key | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 key | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 key | det |
| 15 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 key | amod |
| 16 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 castle | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 castle | det |
| 19 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 key | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A wishing-cloak that could take him anywhere and a piece of gold every single morning
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cloak | det |
| 2 | wishing | wishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 wishing | punct |
| 4 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 take | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cloak | acl:relcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 take | obj |
| 9 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 take | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 piece | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 piece | det |
| 12 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 gold | case |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 piece | nmod |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 morning | det |
| 16 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 morning | amod |
| 17 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | could | a wishing cloak | him = he | morning | anywhere property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
Option 3
A wishing-cloak and a jar of honey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cloak | det |
| 2 | wishing | wishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 wishing | punct |
| 4 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 jar | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 jar | det |
| 7 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 honey | case |
| 9 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jar | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A wishing-cloak and a piece of gold each morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cloak | det |
| 2 | wishing | wishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 wishing | punct |
| 4 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 piece | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 piece | det |
| 7 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 piece | nmod |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 morning | det |
| 11 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | nmod:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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