Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bri…

In what manner did the Princess ultimately acquaint the Prince with the sensation of shivering?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess, sensation · What happens: acquaint, shiver · To what, where: Prince, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 104 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bride pours cold fish over him and he learns to shiver» 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	8 acquaint	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 acquaint	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 acquaint	nsubj
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 acquaint	advmod
8	acquaint	acquaint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 acquaint	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 sensation	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sensation	det
13	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acquaint	obl
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 shivering	mark
15	shivering	shiver	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 sensation	acl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 acquaint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquaint speech: other	past · do-support	the Princess		the Prince	what manner		with the sensation; ultimately property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient
2	shiver	gerund	the sensation not said here						vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

By wrapping him in wet sheets and small fish while he dreamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wrapping	mark
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrapping	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sheets	case
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sheets	amod
6	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wrapping	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fish	cc
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fish	amod
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sheets	conj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 dreamed	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dreamed	nsubj
12	dreamed	dream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrapping	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	gerund		him = he		wet sheets and small fish			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sheet=Destination
2	dream	past	he						vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2

With a cold bucket at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	4 bucket	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bucket	det
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bucket	amod
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bucket	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By pouring cold water and small fishes over him while he slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pouring	mark
2	pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fishes	cc
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fishes	amod
7	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 water	conj
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pouring	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 slept	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 slept	nsubj
12	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pouring	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		cold water and small fishes				over him = he	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	sleep	past	he						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By dropping live fish into his bed and splashing him as he slumbered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 dropping	mark
2	dropping	drop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropping	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bed	nmod:poss
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropping	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 splashing	cc
9	splashing	splash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dropping	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 splashing	obj
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 slumbered	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 slumbered	nsubj
13	slumbered	slumber	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 splashing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	drop	gerund		live fish	fish's bed	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fish=Theme into bed=Destination
2	splash	gerund		fish		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
3	slumber	past	fish			vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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