Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out…
On what ground did Curdken petition the sovereign for the removal of the goose-girl?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Curdken · What happens: petition, remove · To what, where: sovereign, ground, goose girl
This is exam question 2 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 ground | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 ground | nsubj |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 petition | obl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 petition | aux |
| 5 | Curdken | Curdken | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 petition | nsubj |
| 6 | petition | petition | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sovereign | det |
| 8 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 petition | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 removal | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 removal | det |
| 11 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 petition | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 girl | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 girl | det |
| 14 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 girl | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 goose | punct |
| 16 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 removal | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 petition | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | petition | past · do-support | Curdken | the sovereign | ground | for the removal of the goose girl | tree rules | ||
| 2 | remove | the goose girl | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
On the ground that she had tormented him daily since her arrival at court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 ground | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ground | det |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tormented | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 tormented | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tormented | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tormented | aux |
| 7 | tormented | torment | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tormented | obj |
| 9 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 7 tormented | advmod |
| 10 | since | since | ADP | _ | 12 arrival | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 12 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tormented | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 court | case |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 arrival | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | torment | past · perfect · passive | she | the ground | since her arrival at court | daily property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | ||
| 2 | arrive | her = she | court | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |
Option 2
On the ground that she had tormented him daily and stolen his hat from the meadow
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 ground | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ground | det |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tormented | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 tormented | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tormented | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tormented | aux |
| 7 | tormented | torment | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tormented | obj |
| 9 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 7 tormented | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 stolen | cc |
| 11 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 tormented | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hat | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stolen | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 meadow | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 meadow | det |
| 16 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stolen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | torment | past · perfect · passive | she | the ground | daily property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | |||
| 2 | steal | participle | his hat | the meadow | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hat=Theme from meadow=Source |
Option 3
On the claim that she stole his horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 claim | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 claim | det |
| 3 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stole | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 stole | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stole | nsubj |
| 6 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 horse | nmod:poss |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stole | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | she | his horse | the claim | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
On the ground that she tormented him daily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 ground | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ground | det |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tormented | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 tormented | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tormented | nsubj |
| 6 | tormented | torment | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tormented | obj |
| 8 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 6 tormented | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | torment | past | she | him = he | the ground | daily property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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