Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the protagonist was liberated from the wolf?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, liberate · To what, where: manner, protagonist

This is exam question 1 of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 liberated	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 protagonist	det
13	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 liberated	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 liberated	aux:pass
15	liberated	liberate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 manner	acl:relcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 wolf	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wolf	det
18	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 liberated	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	liberate	past · passive	the protagonist	the manner	from the wolf	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from wolf=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

He was extracted by his parents after they slew the beast

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 extracted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 extracted	aux:pass
3	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 parents	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extracted	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 slew	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 slew	nsubj
9	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 extracted	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 beast	det
11	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	past · passive	his parents	He					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	slay	past	parents = parent	the beast					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Patient

Option 2

He was delivered when a passing huntsman killed the wolf and his parents then pulled the boy out through the wound

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	3 delivered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 delivered	aux:pass
3	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 killed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 huntsman	det
6	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 huntsman	amod
7	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 killed	nsubj
8	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 delivered	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 killed	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pulled	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parents	nmod:poss
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 pulled	nsubj
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 pulled	advmod
15	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 killed	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	obj
18	out	out	ADP	_	15 pulled	compound:prt
19	through	through	ADP	_	21 wound	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wound	det
21	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	deliver	past · passive		He			tree rules
2	pass	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	kill	past	a passing huntsman	the wolf			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
4	pull out	past	huntsman's parents	the boy	the wound	then	tree rules

Option 3

He got out by himself once the beast was stunned

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 got	obl
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	10 stunned	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beast	det
8	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stunned	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stunned	aux:pass
10	stunned	stun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 got	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out	past	He					by himself = he; out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stun	past · passive		the beast					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

After his parents struck down the beast with their tools, he was carefully extracted from its stomach unharmed

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	4 struck	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parents	nmod:poss
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 extracted	advcl
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 struck	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beast	det
7	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 tools	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tools	nmod:poss
10	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 struck	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 struck	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 extracted	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 extracted	aux:pass
14	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	15 extracted	advmod
15	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 stomach	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 stomach	nmod:poss
18	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 extracted	obl
19	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 extracted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike down	past	his parents	the beast				with parents's tools	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent beast=Patient with tool=Instrument
2	extract	past · passive		he		beast's stomach		carefully, unharmed property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from stomach=Initial_Location

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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