Exam question 1 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…

Which action enabled the youngest son to acquire the Ogre's seven-league boots?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: enable, acquire · To what, where: youngest son, league boots

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enabled	nsubj
3	enabled	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 son	det
5	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 son	amod
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enabled	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 acquire	mark
8	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 enabled	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Ogre	det
10	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 boots	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Ogre	case
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 league	nummod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 seven	punct
14	league	league	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 boots	compound
15	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 acquire	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 enabled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	past	which action	the youngest son					tree rules
2	acquire	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the Ogre's league boots					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boot=Theme

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

He crept to the rock, lifted the boots, and carried them safely home to his father

The tree, 16 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 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rock	det
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lifted	punct
7	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crept	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boots	det
9	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lifted	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carried	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 carried	cc
12	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crept	parataxis
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carried	obj
14	safely	safely	ADV	_	12 carried	advmod
15	home	home	ADV	_	12 carried	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 father	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 father	nmod:poss
18	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	creep	past	He			the rock		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to rock=Destination
2	lift	past	He not said here	the boots				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme
3	carry	past		boots = boot	his father		home, safely property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to father=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He removed them while the Ogre slept upon the rock

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 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 slept	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Ogre	det
6	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 slept	nsubj
7	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	advcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 rock	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rock	det
10	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	He	them = they					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	sleep	past	the Ogre					upon the rock	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He slipped them off the Ogre's feet as he lay sleeping

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 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slipped	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	8 feet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Ogre	det
6	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 feet	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Ogre	case
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slipped	obl
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 lay	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lay	nsubj
11	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slipped	advcl
12	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 lay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slip	past	He	them = they	off the Ogre's feet	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient off foot=Co-Patient
2	lie	past	he			tree rules
3	sleep	gerund	he not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He pulled the boots off while the Ogre slept on the rock and the wife was asleep

The tree, 17 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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boots	det
4	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 slept	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ogre	det
8	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 slept	nsubj
9	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 rock	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rock	det
12	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slept	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 asleep	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wife	det
15	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asleep	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 asleep	cop
17	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pulled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull off	past	He	the boots			vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Eventuality
2	sleep	past	the Ogre		the rock		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the wife			asleep property	tree rules

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