Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

Describe the manner in which Pinkel silenced the goat's golden bells while the witch and her daughter slept within the hut.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Pinkel, witch · What happens: describe, silence, sleep · To what, where: manner, golden bells

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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	Describe	describe	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 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 silenced	obl
6	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 silenced	nsubj
7	silenced	silence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goat	det
9	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bells	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 goat	case
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bells	amod
12	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 silenced	obj
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	19 slept	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 witch	det
15	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 slept	nsubj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 daughter	cc
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 daughter	nmod:poss
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 witch	conj
19	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 silenced	advcl
20	within	within	ADP	_	22 hut	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 hut	det
22	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 slept	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	silence	past	Pinkel	the goat's golden bells	the manner		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bell=Patient
3	sleep	past	the witch and Pinkel's daughter			within the hut	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 lured the goat outside with food and muffled each bell with wool while it chewed

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 lured	nsubj
2	lured	lure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goat	det
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lured	obj
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 lured	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lured	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 muffled	cc
9	muffled	muffle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lured	conj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 bell	det
11	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 muffled	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 wool	case
13	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 muffled	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 chewed	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 chewed	nsubj
16	chewed	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 muffled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lure	past	He	the goat	with food; outside property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient
2	muffle	past	He not said here	each bell	with wool	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bell=Patient with wool=Instrument
3	chew	past	bell			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He placed food beneath the goat's nose and stopped each bell with wool while the animal fed

The tree, 18 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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 nose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goat	det
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nose	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 goat	case
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stopped	cc
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 placed	conj
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 bell	det
12	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 wool	case
14	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bell	nmod
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 animal	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animal	det
17	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	xcomp
18	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 animal	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	food	the goat's nose		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme beneath nose=Destination
2	stop	past	He not said here	each bell		with wool	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector bell=Eventuality with wool=Subeventuality
3	feed	participle		the animal not said here			vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He fed the goat and tied its bells tight

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 fed	nsubj
2	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goat	det
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tied	cc
6	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fed	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bells	nmod:poss
8	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tied	obj
9	tight	tight	ADV	_	6 tied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past	He		the goat				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Recipient
2	tie	past	He not said here	goat's bells				tight property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient

Option 4

He led the goat away by a rope and tied each bell shut with cloth while it grazed

The tree, 18 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 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goat	det
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 led	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 rope	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rope	det
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tied	cc
10	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 shut	advcl
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 bell	det
12	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tied	obj
13	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 led	parataxis
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 cloth	case
15	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shut	obl
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 grazed	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 grazed	nsubj
18	grazed	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 led	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lead away	past	He	the goat	by a rope; away property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goat=Theme by rope=Destination
2	tie	participle	He not said here	each bell		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient
3	graze	past	bell			vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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