Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins…

State the manner in which the rich brother was occupied when his poor brother arrived.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rich brother, poor brother · What happens: state, be, arrive · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1100 «Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins back his sack and ram, and his rich brother buys them» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 occupied	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brother	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brother	amod
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occupied	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 occupied	cop
10	occupied	occupied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 State	parataxis
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 arrived	mark
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brother	nmod:poss
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 brother	amod
14	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 arrived	nsubj
15	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 occupied	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	is	past	the rich brother		occupied property	tree rules
3	arrive	past	his poor brother			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Sleeping in the barn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 barn	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barn	det
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund				the barn			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was threshing wheat upon his floor

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	3 threshing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 threshing	aux
3	threshing	thresh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threshing	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 floor	nmod:poss
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threshing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thresh	past · progressive	He	wheat				upon his floor	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He was counting coins upon his table

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	3 counting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 counting	aux
3	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counting	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 table	nmod:poss
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past · progressive	He	coins				upon his table	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Option 4

Eating his supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 supper	nmod:poss
3	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		his supper					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient

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