Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

State the means by which the wolf gains entry to the grandmother's dwelling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State, wolf · What happens: mean, gain · To what, where: entry

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gains	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gains	nsubj
8	gains	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	parataxis
9	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gains	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 dwelling	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grandmother	det
12	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dwelling	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 grandmother	case
14	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gains	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	State						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	gain	present	the wolf	entry				to the grandmother's dwelling result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to dwelling=Result

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 crawling through the window after the grandmother has fallen asleep in bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 crawling	mark
2	crawling	crawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 fallen	advcl
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crawling	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 grandmother	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandmother	det
8	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crawling	obl
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fallen	aux
10	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fallen	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 bed	case
13	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	gerund				the window	after the grandmother		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory
2	fall	present · perfect				bed		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bed=Location

Option 2

By pulling the bobbin on the door so the latch lifts up quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pulling	mark
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 lifts	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bobbin	det
4	bobbin	bobbin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 latch	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 latch	det
10	latch	latch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obl
11	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 lifts	compound:prt
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	11 lifts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	gerund		the bobbin		the door		so the latch	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Theme
2	lift up	present	pulling					quietly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

By pushing the door when it opens wide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pushing	mark
2	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushing	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 opens	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opens	nsubj
7	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pushing	advcl
8	wide	wide	ADV	_	7 opens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	gerund		the door					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
2	open	present	door					wide property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By pulling the bobbin so the latch lifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pulling	mark
2	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bobbin	det
4	bobbin	bobbin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 lifts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 latch	det
7	latch	latch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lifts	compound
8	lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	gerund		the bobbin				so latch lifts	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Theme

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