Exam question 2 · Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair

Which of the following describes the boy's consequence for failing the third trial?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: consequence · What happens: follow, be, fail · To what, where: third trial

This is exam question 2 of lesson 785 «Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair» 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	9 consequence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 consequence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consequence	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 consequence	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 consequence	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consequence	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boy	case
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 failing	mark
11	failing	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 consequence	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trial	det
13	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 trial	amod
14	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 failing	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the boy's consequence	tree rules
3	fail	gerund	the boy's consequence not said here	the third trial		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Eventuality

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 was banished

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 banished	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 banished	aux:pass
3	banished	banish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish	past · passive		he					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

he had to go home

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he						tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive	he not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he was dismissed from the forest

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 dismissed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dismissed	aux:pass
3	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dismissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past · passive		he		the forest			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from forest=Source

Option 4

he lost his golden hair

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hair	nmod:poss
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	he	his golden hair					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality

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