Exam question 1 · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…

In what manner did the mother respond upon hearing the knocking at the door?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother respond · What happens: do, hear · To what, where: mother respond, manner, knocking, door

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1474 «Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard is caught in a split tree» 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	7 respond	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 hearing	mark
9	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 respond	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 knocking	det
11	knocking	knocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearing	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearing	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the mother respond		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	hear	gerund	the mother respond not said here	the knocking		the door			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer knocking=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 · ← Mova's choice

She opened it herself, hoping the visitor was a neighbour nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 opened	obj
4	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 opened	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hoping	punct
6	hoping	hope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 neighbour	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 visitor	det
8	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hoping	obj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 neighbour	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 neighbour	det
11	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obl
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	11 neighbour	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	open	past	She	it	herself = she obl	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	hope	gerund		the visitor		tree rules
3	is a	past	hoping	a neighbour	nearby property	tree rules

Option 2

She told the children to hide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She		the children				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She sent Snow-white to see who it was, thinking a dwarf was lost

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 white	obl
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Snow	punct
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sent	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 white	advcl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	7 see	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 who	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 who	cop
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thinking	punct
12	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sent	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dwarf	det
14	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lost	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 lost	aux:pass
16	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 thinking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	send	past	She		white property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	Snow			tree rules
4	think speech: other	gerund	She not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	lose	past · passive		a dwarf		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She bade Rose-red unbar it, supposing a traveler sought shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bade	compound
2	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unbar	nsubj
3	Rose	Rose	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bade	appos
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 red	punct
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rose	appos
6	unbar	unbar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 unbar	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 supposing	punct
9	supposing	suppose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 unbar	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 traveler	det
11	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supposing	obj
12	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 traveler	acl
13	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	unbar	present	She bade	it	tree rules
2	suppose	gerund	She bade not said here	a traveler	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent traveler=Attribute
3	seek	participle	a traveler not said here	shelter	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme

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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