Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

State the manner in which the waiting-maid procured the position of the true bride at the royal court.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, waiting maid · What happens: state, procure · To what, where: manner, position

This is exam question 2 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» 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	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 procured	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maid	det
7	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maid	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 waiting	punct
9	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 procured	nsubj
10	procured	procure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 position	det
12	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 procured	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 bride	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bride	det
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bride	amod
16	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 position	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 court	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
19	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 court	amod
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bride	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	procure	past	the waiting maid	the position of the true bride at the royal court		the manner			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=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

by blackmailing the king's guards into silence and secrecy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 blackmailing	mark
2	blackmailing	blackmail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guards	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blackmailing	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 silence	case
8	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blackmailing	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 secrecy	cc
10	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 silence	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blackmail	gerund		the king's guards				into silence and secrecy result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent guard=Patient into silence=Result

Option 2

by marrying into the royal family through a clever plot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 marrying	mark
2	marrying	marry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 family	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 family	det
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marrying	obl
7	through	through	ADP	_	10 plot	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plot	det
9	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plot	amod
10	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	gerund				the royal family		through a clever plot	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by compelling her mistress to exchange horses and garments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 compelling	mark
2	compelling	compel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mistress	nmod:poss
4	mistress	mistress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compelling	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 exchange	mark
6	exchange	exchange	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 compelling	advcl
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exchange	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 garments	cc
9	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 horses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	gerund		her mistress					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistress=Patient
2	exchange	to-infinitive		horses and garments					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

by persuading the king's advisors to agree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 persuading	mark
2	persuading	persuade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 advisors	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	advisors	advisor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persuading	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 agree	mark
8	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 persuading	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	gerund		the king's advisors					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advisor=Patient
2	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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