Exam question 2 · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…

With reference to the passage, state the manner in which the girl addressed the crone at the gate-post.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, girl · What happens: state, address · To what, where: manner, crone

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 addressed	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 addressed	nsubj
14	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crone	det
16	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 addressed	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	21 post	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 post	det
19	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 post	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 gate	punct
21	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 addressed	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner				with reference to the passage	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	address	past	the girl		the crone	the manner		at the gate post	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crone=Destination

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

She laughed at the crone and told her to wash her own hair in the well

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 crone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crone	det
5	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 wash	mark
10	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	xcomp
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hair	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hair	amod
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wash	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 well	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 well	det
16	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	She				at the crone	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	She not said here		crone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	wash not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	crone's own hair		the well		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 2

She shouted at the crone and then slammed the gate on her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 crone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crone	det
5	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slammed	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 slammed	advmod
8	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slammed	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 slammed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	She					at the crone	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slam	past	She not said here	the gate			then		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient her=Result

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

She refused, rudely, to comb the crone's hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rudely	punct
4	rudely	rudely	ADV	_	2 refused	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 comb	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 comb	mark
7	comb	comb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crone	det
9	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hair	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 crone	case
11	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	She					rudely property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	comb	to-infinitive	She not said here	the crone's hair					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 4

She threw a bucket at the crone's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bucket	det
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crone	det
7	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 head	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 crone	case
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	a bucket		the crone's head			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme at head=Destination

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