Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

In what manner did the cook first become aware of the intruders' conversation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: intruders · What happens: do, become, converse · To what, where: cook, manner

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 become	advmod
8	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
9	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 become	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 conversation	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 intruders	det
12	intruders	intruder	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 conversation	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 intruders	case
14	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aware	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		the cook	what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Eventuality
2	become	present				aware, first property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	converse		the intruders				nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

By overhearing the protagonist's voice coming from inside the cow's stomach while he was asleep in his bed

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 overhearing	mark
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protagonist	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 voice	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 protagonist	case
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhearing	obj
7	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 voice	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	13 stomach	case
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	13 stomach	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cow	det
11	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stomach	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 cow	case
13	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coming	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 asleep	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 asleep	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 asleep	cop
17	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 overhearing	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 bed	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 bed	nmod:poss
20	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	overhear	gerund		the protagonist's voice			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
2	come	gerund	the protagonist's voice not said here		the cow's stomach		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from stomach=Initial_Location
3	is	past	he		his bed	asleep property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By overhearing the protagonist's voice from his bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 overhearing	mark
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protagonist	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 voice	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 protagonist	case
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhearing	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 bed	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bed	nmod:poss
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	gerund		the protagonist's voice		his bed			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus

Option 3

By being woken by the pastor's loud shouting at the byre door and the protagonist's cries for help

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 woken	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 woken	aux:pass
3	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 shouting	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pastor	det
6	pastor	pastor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	nsubj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 pastor	case
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shouting	amod
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 woken	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 door	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
12	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 door	compound
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cries	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 protagonist	det
16	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cries	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 protagonist	case
18	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shouting	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 help	case
20	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wake	gerund · passive				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the pastor	the byre door	for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
3	cry		the protagonist			nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

By hearing the boy's cries from the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hearing	mark
2	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cries	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 boy	case
6	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hearing	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 stomach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stomach	det
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund		the boy's cries		the stomach			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cry=Topic from stomach=Source
2	cry		the boy						nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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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