Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

Which of the following accurately describes the reaction of the innkeeper and his wife upon observing the golden drops?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife, innkeeper · What happens: follow, describe, observe, react · To what, where: reaction, golden drops

This is exam question 2 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	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	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reaction	det
8	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 innkeeper	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 innkeeper	det
11	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reaction	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wife	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 innkeeper	conj
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 observing	mark
16	observing	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 wife	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 drops	det
18	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 drops	amod
19	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 observing	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reaction of the innkeeper and his wife	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme
3	observe	gerund	his wife not said here	the golden drops		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent drop=Topic
4	react		the innkeeper and his wife			nom reaction «process intransitive»: of=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

They pretended to be entirely indifferent to the gold and diamonds and warmly invited the weary guest to sit down and take some refreshment.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 indifferent	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 indifferent	cop
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 indifferent	advmod
6	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pretended	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 gold	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gold	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 indifferent	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 diamonds	cc
11	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gold	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 invited	cc
13	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	14 invited	advmod
14	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pretended	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 guest	det
16	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 guest	amod
17	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 invited	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 sit	mark
19	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 invited	xcomp
20	down	down	ADP	_	19 sit	compound:prt
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 take	cc
22	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 sit	conj
23	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	24 refreshment	det
24	refreshment	refreshment	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 take	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pretended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	They			tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	They not said here		to the gold and diamonds; entirely, indifferent property	tree rules
3	invite	past	They not said here	the weary guest	warmly property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient clause=Topic
4	sit down not said to happen	to-infinitive	the weary guest not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	take	infinitive	the weary guest not said here	some refreshment		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refreshment=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They feigned indifference and invited the guest to take refreshment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feigned	nsubj
2	feigned	feign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 invited	cc
5	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feigned	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guest	det
7	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invited	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 take	mark
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 invited	advcl
10	refreshment	refreshment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	feign	past	They	indifference		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indifference=Patient
2	invite	past	They not said here		the guest	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient
3	take	to-infinitive	They not said here	refreshment		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refreshment=Theme

Option 3

They gasped in amazement, grabbed the gold at once, and demanded that the stranger hand over the cock and leave the inn immediately.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gasped	nsubj
2	gasped	gasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 amazement	case
4	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gasped	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grabbed	punct
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gasped	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gold	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabbed	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 grabbed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 demanded	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 demanded	cc
13	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gasped	parataxis
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 hand	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hand	det
16	stranger	strange	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 hand	amod
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 demanded	ccomp
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 cock	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cock	det
20	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 demanded	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 leave	cc
22	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 demanded	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 inn	det
24	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 leave	obj
25	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	22 leave	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gasped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gasp	past	They		in amazement	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in amazement=Theme
2	grab	past	They not said here	the gold		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
3	demand speech: request	past			over the cock	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	leave	infinitive		the inn	immediately property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inn=Theme

Option 4

They pretended not to care and offered him a drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 care	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 care	mark
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretended	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 offered	cc
7	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pretended	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 offered	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drink	det
10	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offered	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pretended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	pretend	past	They			tree rules
2	not care	to-infinitive	They not said here			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	offer	past	They not said here	a drink	him = he	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal drink=Theme

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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