Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out…

In what condition was the fawn when the hunt was renewed on the following morning?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, renew, follow · To what, where: fawn, condition, hunt

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 condition	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fawn	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fawn	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fawn	det
6	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 renewed	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hunt	det
9	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 renewed	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 renewed	aux:pass
11	renewed	renew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fawn	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 morning	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 morning	det
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 morning	amod
15	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 renewed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 fawn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	past	the fawn	what condition		tree rules
2	renew	past · passive	the hunt		morning	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Wounded slightly in the hinder foot, and limping along the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wounded	wound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	1 Wounded	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 foot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 foot	det
5	hinder	hinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 foot	compound
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wounded	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 limping	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 limping	cc
9	limping	limping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 foot	conj
10	along	along	ADP	_	12 path	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 path	det
12	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	participle				the hinder foot and limping		along the path; slightly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Bleeding from the neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bleeding	bleed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 neck	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neck	det
4	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bleeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bleed	gerund				the neck			vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from neck=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wounded slightly in the hinder foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wounded	wound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	1 Wounded	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 foot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 foot	det
5	hinder	hinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 foot	compound
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	participle				the hinder foot		slightly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Wounded slightly in the front foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wounded	wound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	1 Wounded	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 foot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 foot	det
5	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 foot	amod
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	participle				the front foot		slightly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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