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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…

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Which of the following describes the reward conferred upon the first girl by the three dwarfs in consequence of her hospitality?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be, confer · **To what, where:** reward

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» 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/1559-pg540-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the reward conferred upon the first girl by the three dwarfs in consequence of her hospitality?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the reward | tree rules |
| 3 | **confer** | participle |  | the reward *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the first girl; by the three dwarfs in consequence of girl's hospitality | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Gold falling from her lips and ripe berries found in the frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = Gold falling from her lips and ripe berries found in the frost
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | Gold *not said here* |  |  | her lips and ripe berries |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lip=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | her lips and ripe berries *not said here* |  | the frost |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Silver issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe cherries in the frost

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = Silver issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe cherries in the frost
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	issuing	issue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cherries	cherry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | gerund | Silver |  |  | her mouth |  | upon each utterance; with the discovery of ripe cherries in the frost | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon utterance=Location |
| 2 | **discover** |  |  | ripe cherries in the frost |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strawberries in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = Strawberries in the snow
1	Strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Gold issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe strawberries

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = Gold issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe strawberries
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	issuing	issue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | gerund | Gold *not said here* |  |  | her mouth |  | upon each utterance; with the discovery of ripe strawberries; together *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon utterance=Location |
| 2 | **discover** |  |  | ripe strawberries |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

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