Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf ge…

Explain how the tale concludes for the sisters and their mother.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, tale · What happens: explain, conclude

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 concludes	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tale	det
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concludes	nsubj
5	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 sisters	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sisters	det
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concludes	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mother	cc
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sisters	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conclude	present	the tale					for the sisters and sisters's mother	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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

The sisters married and the mother moved away alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sisters	det
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 married	nsubj
3	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 moved	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moved	nsubj
7	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 married	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 moved	advmod
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 moved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	past	the sisters						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	move away	past	the mother					alone, away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The sisters married and shared the dwarf's treasure, and the mother lived happily with roses

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sisters	det
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 married	nsubj
3	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shared	cc
5	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 married	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwarf	det
7	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treasure	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 dwarf	case
9	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shared	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lived	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lived	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mother	det
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lived	nsubj
14	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 married	conj
15	happily	happily	ADV	_	14 lived	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 roses	case
17	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	marry	past	the sisters			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	share	past	the sisters not said here	the dwarf's treasure		tree rules
3	live	past	the mother		with roses; happily property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with rose=Location
4	treasure		the dwarf			nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The girls married, and the mother stayed poor in the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girls	det
2	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 married	nsubj
3	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stayed	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stayed	nsubj
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 married	conj
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stayed	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 woods	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woods	det
12	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	past	the girls						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	stay	past	the mother			the woods		poor property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

Option 4

The sisters married the king's son and his brother, and the mother got two rose-trees that bloomed each year at her new home

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sisters	det
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 married	nsubj
3	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 married	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 brother	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 got	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 got	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mother	det
14	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 got	nsubj
15	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 married	conj
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 trees	nummod
17	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 trees	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 rose	punct
19	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 got	obj
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 bloomed	nsubj
21	bloomed	bloom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 trees	acl
22	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	23 year	det
23	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 married	obl:unmarked
24	at	at	ADP	_	27 home	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 home	nmod:poss
26	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 home	amod
27	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 married	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	marry	past	the sisters	the king's son and king's brother	mother's new home	year	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	get	past	the mother	two rose trees			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus
3	bloom	participle	two rose trees				vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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