Exam question 1 · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

Which of the following describes the quantity of food which Hans consumed upon his first morning at the estate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: quantity · What happens: follow, describe, consume · To what, where: quantity, estate

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1631 «Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 quantity	det
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quantity	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 consumed	nsubj
11	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 consumed	nsubj
12	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 quantity	acl:relcl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 morning	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 morning	nmod:poss
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 morning	amod
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consumed	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 estate	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 estate	det
19	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consumed	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the quantity of food			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme
3	consume	past	the quantity of food		the estate	morning	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 ate a bowl of bread before asking for work.

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 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bowl	det
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bread	case
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bowl	nmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 asking	mark
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ate	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 work	case
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asking	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He	a bowl of bread					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	He not said here					for work	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He consumed a pot of porridge, which he swallowed entirely before requesting his duties.

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 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pot	det
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 porridge	case
6	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pot	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 swallowed	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 swallowed	nsubj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 swallowed	nsubj
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 porridge	acl:relcl
11	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	10 swallowed	advmod
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 requesting	mark
13	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 swallowed	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 duties	nmod:poss
15	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 requesting	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 consumed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consume	past	He	a pot of porridge		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Asset
2	swallow	past	porridge		entirely property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	request	gerund	porridge not said here	his duties		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent duty=Recipient

Option 3

He drank a pot of ale before leaving for the barn.

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 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pot	det
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drank	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 ale	case
6	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pot	nmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 leaving	mark
8	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drank	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 barn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 barn	det
11	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	He	a pot of ale					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient
2	leave	gerund	He not said here					for the barn	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for barn=Recipient

Option 4

He consumed a pot of porridge, which he swallowed entirely, before requesting his duties from the steward at dawn.

The tree, 19 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 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pot	det
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 porridge	case
6	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pot	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 swallowed	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 swallowed	nsubj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 swallowed	nsubj
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 porridge	acl:relcl
11	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	10 swallowed	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 requesting	punct
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 requesting	mark
14	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 consumed	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 duties	nmod:poss
16	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 requesting	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 steward	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 steward	det
19	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 requesting	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 dawn	case
21	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 steward	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 consumed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	consume	past	He	a pot of porridge			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Asset
2	swallow	past	porridge			entirely property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	request	gerund	He not said here	his duties	the steward at dawn		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent duty=Recipient

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