Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

Specify the consequence for the princess of the loss of her lock of hair at the brook.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: specify · To what, where: consequence, brook

This is exam question 3 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 princess	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 loss	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 loss	det
9	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princess	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 lock	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lock	nmod:poss
12	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loss	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 hair	case
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lock	nmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 brook	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 brook	det
17	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the consequence		the brook		for the princess of the loss of princess's lock of hair	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=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 right answer

she was deprived of her identity and forced into servitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deprived	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deprived	aux:pass
3	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 identity	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 identity	nmod:poss
6	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deprived	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forced	cc
8	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deprived	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 servitude	case
10	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	past · passive		she				of her identity	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of identity=Theme
2	force	participle				servitude			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she lost her name and was made to tend the king's geese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	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	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 made	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tend	mark
9	tend	tend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 geese	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 king	case
13	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	past	she	her name	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Eventuality
2	make	past · passive	she not said here		tree rules
3	tend	to-infinitive	she not said here	the king's geese	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme
4	name		her = she		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

she was cast out and left without any food or friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 cast	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 left	cc
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cast	conj
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 food	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 food	det
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 friends	cc
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast out	past · passive		she					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
2	leave	participle						without any food or friends	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

she was forced to marry the false bride's king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 marry	mark
5	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bride	det
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bride	amod
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 king	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bride	case
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past · passive		she					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry	to-infinitive	she not said here	the false bride's king					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

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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