Exam question 4 · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…

What did the dwarf do upon regaining his liberty from the tree?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dwarf · What happens: do, regain · To what, where: liberty, tree

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dwarf	det
4	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	7 regaining	mark
7	regaining	regain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 do	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 liberty	nmod:poss
9	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regaining	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regaining	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the dwarf			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	regain	gerund	the dwarf not said here	his liberty	the tree	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme from tree=Source

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 said thanks

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	thanks					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He picked up a sack and walked off without a word

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 picked	nsubj
2	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 picked	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sack	det
5	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 picked	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walked	compound:prt
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 word	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past	He	a sack					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Topic
2	walk off	past	He not said here					without a word	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He ran away

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	He					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He seized a bag of gold and departed without thanks

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 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bag	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 departed	cc
8	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 thanks	case
10	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 departed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	He	a bag of gold					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme
2	depart	past	He not said here					without thanks	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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