Exam question 4 · Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the boy's request for a steed at the forest's edge?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: follow, describe, request · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 request	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 request	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 boy	case
13	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 steed	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 steed	det
16	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 request	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	21 edge	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 forest	det
19	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 edge	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 forest	case
21	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 steed	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the boy's request for a steed at the forest's edge	of the best	tree rules
3	request		the boy		for a steed at the forest's edge	nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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 offered a lame horse first but then chose a mighty strong steed that could carry him far

The tree, 19 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	3 offered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 offered	aux:pass
3	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 offered	advmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 chose	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 chose	advmod
10	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 offered	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 steed	det
12	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 steed	amod
13	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 steed	amod
14	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chose	obj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 carry	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 carry	aux
17	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 steed	acl:relcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 carry	obj
19	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 carry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past · passive		he		first property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal horse=Theme
2	choose	past		a mighty strong steed	then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme
3	carry	could	a mighty strong steed	horse		far property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he received a horse of great strength

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 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 strength	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strength	amod
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horse	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	he	a horse of great strength					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 3

he got a horse that was weak

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 weak	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 weak	cop
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 horse	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	a horse					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus
2	is	past	a horse					weak property	tree rules

Option 4

he was given a small pony that could not carry him very far at all

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pony	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pony	amod
6	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 carry	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 carry	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 carry	advmod
10	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pony	acl:relcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 carry	obj
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 far	advmod
13	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 carry	advmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 far	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pony=Theme
2	not carry	could	a small pony	pony				far property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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