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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

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With reference to the text, what significance attaches to the gold ring on the murdered girl's finger, and what consequence follows from its removal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** significance, consequence · **What happens:** attach, murder, follow, remove · **To what, where:** removal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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/747-pg2591-part23/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:e4:1
# text = With reference to the text, what significance attaches to the gold ring on the murdered girl's finger, and what consequence follows from its removal?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
8	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	attaches	attach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	murdered	murder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
23	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attach** | present | significance |  |  |  |  | with reference to the text; to the gold ring on the murdered girl's finger | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent what=Patient with reference=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **murder** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **follow** | present | consequence |  |  | consequence's removal |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme from removal=Trajectory |
| 4 | **remove** |  | consequence |  |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: poss=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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The ring identified her family to the robbers, who then tracked the miller's household through the forest and attacked the mill later that same week

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = The ring identified her family to the robbers, who then tracked the miller's household through the forest and attacked the mill later that same week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	identified	identify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	tracked	track	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	attacked	attack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	21	advmod	_	_
25	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
26	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | past | the ring | her family |  |  |  | to the robbers | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent family=Theme to robber=be' |
| 2 | **track** | past |  | the miller's household |  | the forest | then |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent household=Theme through forest=Location |
| 3 | **attack** | past | the ring *not said here* | the mill |  |  | week | late *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It marked her as betrothed, and the finger was cut off to take the ring, which fell near the hidden girl

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = It marked her as betrothed, and the finger was cut off to take the ring, which fell near the hidden girl
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	betrothed	betroth	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	near	near	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | past | It | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **betroth** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut off** | past · passive |  | the finger |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 4 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |
| 5 | **fall** | past | the ring |  |  |  |  | near the hidden girl | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near girl=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ring was too tight to draw off, so a robber cut off the finger, which then fell to the hidden girl

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = The ring was too tight to draw off, so a robber cut off the finger, which then fell to the hidden girl
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
13	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw off** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut off** | participle | a robber *not said here* | the finger |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector finger=Eventuality |
| 4 | **fall** | past | a robber |  |  |  | then | to the hidden girl | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to girl=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ring was too tight, so the robber cut the finger, which fell to the hidden girl

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = The ring was too tight, so the robber cut the finger, which fell to the hidden girl
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the ring |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | past | the robber | the finger |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset finger=Product |
| 3 | **fall** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the hidden girl | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to girl=Pivot |

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