Exam question 2 · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

By what means was the dwarf's beard entangled at the brook?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: beard · What happens: mean, be, entangle · To what, where: beard, brook

This is exam question 2 of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 beard	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 beard	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dwarf	det
6	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beard	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dwarf	case
8	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entangled	nsubj
9	entangled	entangle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 brook	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brook	det
12	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entangled	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 entangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the dwarf's beard		tree rules
3	entangle	past	the dwarf's beard		the brook	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

Through his own sleeve and reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 sleeve	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sleeve	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sleeve	amod
4	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 reeds	cc
6	reeds	reed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleeve	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reed	present							tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Through the wind and his fishing line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 wind	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 line	cc
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 line	nmod:poss
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 line	compound
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Through the bushes on the bank when he bent down to drink from the water

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 bushes	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bushes	det
3	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bent	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bushes	nmod
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 bent	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bent	nsubj
9	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	down	down	ADV	_	9 bent	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 drink	mark
12	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 bent	advcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend down	past	he			the bushes on the bank		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through bush=Location
2	drink	to-infinitive	he not said here			the water			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from water=Source

Option 4

Through a gust of wind that blew his beard onto the fishing line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 gust	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gust	det
3	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blew	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gust	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 blew	nsubj
7	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 beard	nmod:poss
9	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blew	obj
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	13 line	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 line	det
12	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 line	compound
13	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	that	his beard		a gust of wind		onto the fishing line	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent beard=Patient onto line=Recipient

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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