Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 71: t…

In what manner did the giant respond to the tailor's squeezing of the cheese?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tailor · What happens: do, squeeze · To what, where: giant respond, manner, cheese

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1484 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 71: the tailor tricks two giants and is offered a post by the King» 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	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 respond	amod
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 squeezing	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tailor	det
10	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 squeezing	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 tailor	case
12	squeezing	squeezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 cheese	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cheese	det
15	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 squeezing	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the giant respond		what manner		to the tailor's squeezing of the cheese	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	squeeze		the tailor	the cheese					nom squeezing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

He was impressed and asked for his help

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	3 impressed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 impressed	cop
3	impressed	impressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 asked	cc
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 impressed	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 help	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 help	nmod:poss
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	impressed property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here	for his help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help		his = he		nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He conceived a great respect for the tailor

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 conceived	nsubj
2	conceived	conceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 respect	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 respect	amod
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 tailor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tailor	det
8	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceive	past	He	a great respect				for the tailor	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He conceived a certain respect

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 conceived	nsubj
2	conceived	conceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 respect	det
4	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 respect	amod
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceive	past	He	a certain respect					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme

Option 4

He felt a certain envy

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 envy	det
4	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 envy	amod
5	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	a certain envy					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent envy=Theme

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