Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the dwarf addresses the two girls after his beard has been cut?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dwarf · What happens: follow, describe, address, cut · To what, where: manner, two girls, beard

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1475 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road to the wedding, the maid takes the princess's place» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 addresses	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dwarf	det
12	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 addresses	nsubj
13	addresses	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girls	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 girls	nummod
16	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 addresses	obj
17	after	after	SCONJ	_	22 cut	mark
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 beard	nmod:poss
19	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cut	nsubj:pass
20	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 cut	aux
21	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 cut	aux:pass
22	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 addresses	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			of the best	tree rules
3	address	present	the dwarf		the two girls	the manner		vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Destination
4	cut	present · perfect · passive		dwarf's beard				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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 scolds them in a bitter and sulky tone

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 scolds	nsubj
2	scolds	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolds	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 tone	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tone	det
6	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tone	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sulky	cc
8	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bitter	conj
9	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scolds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	present	He	them = they		a bitter tone			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

He reproaches them in a peevish, insulting manner while still hiding his injured pride

The tree, 14 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 reproaches	nsubj
2	reproaches	reproach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reproaches	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 manner	det
6	peevish	peevish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 manner	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 peevish	punct
8	insulting	insulting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 manner	amod
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reproaches	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 hiding	mark
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 hiding	advmod
12	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reproaches	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 pride	nmod:poss
14	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pride	amod
15	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	reproach	present	He	them = they	a peevish insulting manner		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	hide	gerund	He not said here	his injured pride		still	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Patient
3	pride		his = he				nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He reproaches them in a peevish and insulting manner

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 reproaches	nsubj
2	reproaches	reproach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reproaches	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 manner	det
6	peevish	peevish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 manner	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 insulting	cc
8	insulting	insulting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 peevish	conj
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reproaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reproach	present	He	them = they		a peevish manner			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He reproaches them loudly in a peevish and insulting manner, calling them vile names

The tree, 14 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 reproaches	nsubj
2	reproaches	reproach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reproaches	obj
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 reproaches	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	10 manner	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 manner	det
7	peevish	peevish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 manner	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 insulting	cc
9	insulting	insulting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 peevish	conj
10	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reproaches	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 calling	punct
12	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reproaches	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calling	obj
14	vile	vile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 names	amod
15	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 calling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reproach	present	He	them = they		a peevish manner		loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	call	gerund	He not said here	them = they					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme name=Result

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