--- title: By what method does Dummerly obtain the golden goose? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,… · tree and pragmatics description: By what method does Dummerly obtain the golden goose? Exam question 3 of lesson 111 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf is caught and Little Red-Cap is eaten, then Dummerly finds a golden goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/111-pg11027-part14/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/111-pg11027-part14/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf i… By what method does Dummerly obtain the golden goose? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** method · **What happens:** obtain · **To what, where:** golden goose This is exam question 3 of lesson 111 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf is caught and Little Red-Cap is eaten, then Dummerly finds a golden goose» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/111-pg11027-part14/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:e3:1 # text = By what method does Dummerly obtain the golden goose? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 3 method method NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Dummerly Dummerly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | present · do-support | method | the golden goose | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset goose=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He cuts down an old tree as instructed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:e3:o1:1 # text = He cuts down an old tree as instructed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cuts cut VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 instructed instruct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut down** | present | He | a old tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Product | | 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He chops down a tree near the stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:e3:o2:1 # text = He chops down a tree near the stream 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chops chop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop down** | present | He | a tree | | the stream | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tree=Patient near stream=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He gets help from the little man to cut the root ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:e3:o3:1 # text = He gets help from the little man to cut the root 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | He | help | | | | from the little man | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent help=Theme from man=Source | | 2 | **cut** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the root | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset root=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} He follows a bird to the spot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:e3:o4:1 # text = He follows a bird to the spot 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | He | a bird | | the spot | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bird=Theme to spot=Trajectory | **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. 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