Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out…

By what means was the wind summoned, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, be, summon, accord · To what, where: wind

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wind	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	obj
7	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wind	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 narrative	punct
9	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 narrative	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 according	fixed
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrative	det
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wind	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the wind and the narrative	tree rules
3	summon	participle	the wind and the narrative not said here	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	accord	gerund		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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 a verse of incantation recited by the princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 verse	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 verse	det
3	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 incantation	case
5	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 verse	nmod
6	recited	recite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 incantation	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	participle		incantation not said here				by the princess	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	verse			incantation					nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

By a whistle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 whistle	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 whistle	det
3	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whistle	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

By a chant recited by the goose-girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 chant	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chant	det
3	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	recited	recite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chant	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 girl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
7	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 girl	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 goose	punct
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	participle		a chant not said here				by the goose girl	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By a prayer spoken by the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 prayer	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prayer	det
3	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 prayer	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle		a prayer not said here				by the king	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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