Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the false bride was adjudged?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, adjudge · To what, where: manner, false bride

This is exam question 1 of lesson 99 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out and the false bride is punished» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 adjudged	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bride	det
12	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bride	amod
13	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 adjudged	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 adjudged	aux:pass
15	adjudged	adjudge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the manner		of the best	tree rules
3	adjudge	past · passive	the false bride	the manner		vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

By her own pronouncement, in the presence of the assembled court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 pronouncement	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 pronouncement	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pronouncement	amod
4	pronouncement	pronouncement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 presence	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 presence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presence	det
8	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pronouncement	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
11	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 court	amod
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assemble	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pronounce		her = she						nom pronouncement «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

By her husband's sudden decree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 decree	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 husband	nmod:poss
3	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decree	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 husband	case
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decree	amod
6	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decree		her husband						nom decree «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

By a sworn witness before the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 witness	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 witness	det
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 witness	amod
4	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 court	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 witness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	participle							vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By the king's order alone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 order	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 order	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 order	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order		the king						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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