Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

What was the immediate consequence of the pastor's entry into the byre?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pastor · What happens: be, enter · To what, where: immediate consequence, byre

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 entry	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pastor	det
8	pastor	pastor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entry	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 pastor	case
10	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 byre	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 byre	det
13	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entry	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence				of the pastor's entry into the byre	tree rules
2	enter		the pastor			the byre			nom entry «communication transitive»: poss=agent into=place

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 cow was immediately slaughtered by the cook, and afterwards the protagonist pleaded to be let out of the animal's stomach at last

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cow	det
2	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slaughtered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slaughtered	aux:pass
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	5 slaughtered	advmod
5	slaughtered	slaughter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 cook	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cook	det
8	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slaughtered	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pleaded	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pleaded	cc
11	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	14 pleaded	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 protagonist	det
13	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pleaded	nsubj
14	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slaughtered	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	17 let	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	aux:pass
17	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pleaded	advcl
18	out	out	ADP	_	23 stomach	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	23 stomach	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 animal	det
21	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 stomach	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 animal	case
23	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 let	obl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 last	case
25	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	slaughter	past · passive	the cook	the cow		immediately property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	plead speech: request	past	the protagonist			afterwards property	tree rules
3	let out	to-infinitive · passive	the protagonist not said here	the animal's stomach	last		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: stomach=Theme at last=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The protagonist again uttered his plea for no further fodder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protagonist	det
2	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uttered	nsubj
3	again	again	ADV	_	4 uttered	advmod
4	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 plea	nmod:poss
6	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uttered	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 fodder	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 fodder	det
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fodder	amod
10	fodder	fodder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uttered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past	the protagonist	protagonist's plea			again	for no further fodder	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent plea=Topic

Option 3

The pastor drew his knife and the protagonist again cried out from within the animal, begging that nobody feed the cow any more fodder at all, ever

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pastor	det
2	pastor	pastor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	nsubj
3	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 knife	nmod:poss
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cried	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 protagonist	det
8	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cried	nsubj
9	again	again	ADV	_	10 cried	advmod
10	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drew	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 cried	compound:prt
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 animal	case
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 animal	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animal	det
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cried	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 begging	punct
17	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 cried	advcl
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 feed	mark
19	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 feed	nsubj
20	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 begging	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cow	det
22	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 feed	obj
23	any	any	ADV	_	25 fodder	advmod
24	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	25 fodder	advmod
25	fodder	fodder	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 feed	obl
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 all	case
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 feed	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 ever	punct
29	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 drew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	the pastor	pastor's knife			ever		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
2	cry out speech: express	past	the protagonist				again	from the animal	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	beg speech: request	gerund	the protagonist not said here						vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
4	feed	present	nobody		the cow	all		fodder obl	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient

Option 4

The protagonist again begged for mercy from the byre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protagonist	det
2	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	nsubj:pass
3	again	again	ADV	_	4 begged	advmod
4	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 mercy	case
6	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 byre	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 byre	det
9	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	participle · passive		the protagonist		the byre	again	for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: subject=Recipient for mercy=Topic

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