Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf ge…

Identify the main agent responsible for the injury to the dwarf's beard.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: main agent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 agent	det
3	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 agent	amod
4	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 agent	amod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 injury	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 injury	det
8	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 responsible	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 beard	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dwarf	det
11	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 beard	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dwarf	case
13	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 injury	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the main agent					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent 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

The wind, tangling the beard in the reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tangling	punct
4	tangling	tangle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 wind	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beard	det
6	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tangling	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 reeds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reeds	det
9	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tangling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tangle	gerund	the wind not said here	the beard		the reeds			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The two girls, using a knife to cut him loose from the tangled fishing-line

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girls	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 girls	nummod
3	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 using	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 girls	punct
5	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cut	mark
9	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 using	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cut	obj
11	loose	loose	ADV	_	9 cut	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	17 line	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 line	det
14	tangled	tangled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 line	amod
15	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 line	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 fishing	punct
17	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	the two girls	a knife					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
2	cut	to-infinitive	the two girls not said here	him = he		the tangled fishing line		loose property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset he=Product from line=Material

Option 3

The two girls, who had come to the brook to fetch water and then used scissors to free the dwarf from the fishing-line and his beard

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girls	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 girls	nummod
3	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 used	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 come	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
7	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 girls	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 brook	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brook	det
10	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fetch	mark
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	advcl
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 used	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 used	advmod
16	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 used	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 free	mark
19	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 used	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dwarf	det
21	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 free	appos
22	from	from	ADP	_	26 line	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 line	det
24	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 line	compound
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 fishing	punct
26	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dwarf	nmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 beard	cc
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 beard	nmod:poss
29	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dwarf	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	the two girls		the brook			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to brook=Initial_Location
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the two girls not said here	water				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	use	past	the two girls	scissors		then	free property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The two girls, using scissors to free him from the line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girls	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 girls	nummod
3	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 using	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 girls	punct
5	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 using	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 free	mark
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 using	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 free	nsubj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 line	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 line	det
12	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	the two girls	scissors				free property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Patient

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