Exam question 1 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost agai…

Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the Ogre detected the presence of the children?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Ogre · What happens: describe, detect · To what, where: manner, presence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1468 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost again, the children reach the ogre's house» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 detected	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Ogre	det
10	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 detected	nsubj
11	detected	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 presence	det
13	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 detected	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 children	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 presence	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner				correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	detect	past	the Ogre	the presence of the children		the manner			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer presence=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

He sniffed the air and declared that he smelt fresh meat

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 sniffed	nsubj
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sniffed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 declared	cc
6	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sniffed	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 smelt	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 smelt	nsubj
9	smelt	smelt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 declared	advcl
10	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meat	amod
11	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smelt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sniff	past	He	the air	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	smelt	past	he	fresh meat	tree rules

Option 2

He sniffed the air and declared that he smelt fresh meat nearby

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 sniffed	nsubj
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sniffed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 declared	cc
6	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sniffed	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 smelt	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 smelt	nsubj
9	smelt	smelt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 declared	advcl
10	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meat	amod
11	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smelt	obj
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	11 meat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sniff	past	He	the air	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	smelt	past	he	fresh meat	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He sniffed the air hard and said he could smell someone living in the house

The tree, 15 words

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 sniffed	nsubj
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sniffed	obj
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 sniffed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sniffed	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 smell	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 smell	aux
10	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 smell	obj
12	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 someone	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sniff	past	He	the air		hard property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	smell	could	he	someone			vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
4	live	gerund			the house		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 4

He listened and heard small voices

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 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 heard	cc
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 listened	conj
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voices	amod
6	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	He						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	hear	past	He not said here	small voices					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus

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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