Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a…

In what manner did the younger son respond to the sexton's summons at midnight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: younger son respond, manner

This is exam question 4 of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» 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 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 respond	det
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 respond	amod
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respond	compound
8	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 summons	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sexton	det
11	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 summons	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 sexton	case
13	summons	summon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 midnight	case
15	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the younger son respond		what manner	midnight	to the sexton's summons	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality

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

He went to the belfry at once, though he was frightened, and rang the bell loudly

The tree, 16 words

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 belfry	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 belfry	det
5	belfry	belfry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 went	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 frightened	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 frightened	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 frightened	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 frightened	aux:pass
12	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rang	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rang	cc
15	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bell	det
17	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rang	obj
18	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	15 rang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	He		the belfry		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to belfry=Initial_Location
2	frighten	past · passive		he			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	ring	past	He not said here	the bell		loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Option 2

He did not answer at first, but after a long while he slowly went to the belfry and rang the bell

The tree, 21 words

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	4 answer	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 answer	advmod
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 answer	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 long	cc
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 long	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 long	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 answer	parataxis
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 went	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 went	nsubj
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	15 went	advmod
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 belfry	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 belfry	det
18	belfry	belfry	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 rang	cc
20	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 went	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bell	det
22	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not answer speech: assert	past · do-support	He				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	he		the belfry	slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to belfry=Initial_Location
3	ring	past	he not said here	the bell			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He went to the belfry without delay and rang the bell

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 belfry	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 belfry	det
5	belfry	belfry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rang	cc
9	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bell	det
11	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	He			the belfry		without delay	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to belfry=Initial_Location
2	ring	past	He not said here	the bell					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Option 4

He climbed the stairs and waited quietly for a while

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stairs	det
4	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waited	cc
6	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 waited	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 while	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 while	det
10	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He	the stairs					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location stair=Theme
2	wait	past	He not said here				while	quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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