Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince cl…

In what manner did the youth ascend the wall to the window?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: do, ascend · To what, where: manner, wall

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» 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 youth	det
6	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ascend	nsubj
7	ascend	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ascend	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 window	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ascend	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ascend	present	the youth	the wall				to the window	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory

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 climbing the rough wall slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 climbing	mark
2	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wall	amod
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 climbing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		the rough wall				slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wall=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By grasping one projection after another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 grasping	mark
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 projection	nummod
4	projection	projection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grasping	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 another	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 grasping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	gerund		one projection			after another		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer projection=Stimulus

Option 3

By using a long wooden ladder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 using	mark
2	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ladder	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ladder	amod
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ladder	amod
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		a long wooden ladder					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient

Option 4

By grasping one projection after another with bare hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 grasping	mark
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 projection	nummod
4	projection	projection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grasping	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 another	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 projection	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grasping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	gerund		one projection			after another	with bare hands	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent projection=Experiencer with hand=Instrument

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