Exam question 4 · Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trappe…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Hansel deceived the old woman regarding his physical condition?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hansel · What happens: follow, describe, deceive, regard, condition · To what, where: manner, old woman

This is exam question 4 of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 deceived	obl
11	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 deceived	nsubj
12	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 woman	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 woman	amod
15	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deceived	obj
16	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 condition	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 condition	nmod:poss
18	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 condition	amod
19	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 woman	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	deceive	past	Hansel	the old woman	the manner	regard Hansel's physical condition	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
4	regard	gerund					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	condition		Hansel				nom condition «state transitive»: poss=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

He showed a cold finger through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 finger	det
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 finger	amod
5	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	2 showed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	He	a cold finger					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent finger=Recipient

Option 2

He pushed a thin bone through the lattice window in place of his finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bone	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bone	amod
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 window	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
8	lattice	lattice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 window	compound
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 finger	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 finger	nmod:poss
14	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	He	a thin bone		the lattice window		in place of his finger	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bone=Theme through window=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He extended a bone through the lattice in place of his finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extended	nsubj
2	extended	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bone	det
4	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extended	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 lattice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lattice	det
7	lattice	lattice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extended	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lattice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 finger	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 finger	nmod:poss
12	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	past	He	a bone		the lattice in place of his finger			vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bone=Theme

Option 4

He poked a thin bone outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poked	nsubj
2	poked	poke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bone	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bone	amod
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poked	obj
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 poked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke	past	He	a thin bone				outside property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bone=Theme

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