Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the kin…
State the reason the king gave for seizing the girl's hand at the close of the narrative.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: give, seize · To what, where: State, hand, close
This is exam question 3 of lesson 787 «Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the king's heart with three dresses» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 seizing | mark |
| 8 | seizing | seize | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 gave | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seizing | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 close | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 close | det |
| 15 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seizing | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 narrative | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 narrative | det |
| 18 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 close | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the reason | State | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | seize | gerund | the reason not said here | the girl's hand | the close of the narrative | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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 observed the white finger on her hand and the ring from the ball
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 observed | nsubj |
| 2 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 finger | det |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 finger | amod |
| 5 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 observed | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 observed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ring | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ring | det |
| 11 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hand | conj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 ball | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ball | det |
| 14 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 observed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past | He | the white finger | her hand and the ring | from the ball | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent finger=Topic |
Option 2
He noticed her bright dress and shoes
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 noticed | nsubj |
| 2 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dress | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dress | amod |
| 5 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 noticed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shoes | cc |
| 7 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dress | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | He | her bright dress and shoes | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dress=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He observed the white finger and the ring
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 observed | nsubj |
| 2 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 finger | det |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 finger | amod |
| 5 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 observed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ring | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ring | det |
| 8 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finger | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past | He | the white finger and the ring | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent finger=Topic |
Option 4
He observed the white finger and the ring he had given her
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 observed | nsubj |
| 2 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 finger | det |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 finger | amod |
| 5 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 observed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 given | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ring | det |
| 8 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 given | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 given | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 given | aux |
| 11 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 observed | conj |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past | He | the white finger | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent finger=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | past · perfect · passive | the ring | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme |
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