Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

Which action did Father Grumbler perform immediately upon receiving the second magic object from the Holy Man?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Father · What happens: do, perform, receive · To what, where: second magic object

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
5	Grumbler	Grumbler	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Father	flat
6	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 perform	advmod
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 receiving	mark
9	receiving	receive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 perform	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 object	det
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 object	amod
12	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 object	compound
13	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receiving	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 Man	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Man	det
16	Holy	Holy	PROPN	_	17 Man	compound
17	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 object	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	perform	present	Father		immediately property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	receive	gerund	Father not said here	the second magic object	from the Holy Man	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent object=Theme from man=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

He hurried home and asked for bread.

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 hurried	nsubj
2	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 hurried	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 asked	cc
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hurried	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 bread	case
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hurried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	past	He					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here					for bread	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He hastened to the tavern and requested wine for the company

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 hastened	nsubj
2	hastened	hasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 tavern	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tavern	det
5	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hastened	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 requested	cc
7	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hastened	conj
8	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requested	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 company	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 company	det
11	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hasten	past	He			the tavern			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Destination
2	request	past	He not said here	wine				for the company	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent wine=Recipient

Option 3

He rested by the cave.

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 rested	nsubj
2	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 cave	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cave	det
5	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rested	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	past	He					by the cave	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent by cave=Location

Option 4

He rode to the inn and asked for beer.

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 inn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inn	det
5	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 asked	cc
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rode	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 beer	case
9	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He			the inn			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to inn=Trajectory
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here					for beer	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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