Exam question 2 · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

Which of the following accurately records the method by which Hans separated the chaff from the corn in the barn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hans · What happens: follow, record, separate · To what, where: method, chaff

This is exam question 2 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	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 method	det
8	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 separated	obl
11	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 separated	nsubj
12	separated	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 method	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chaff	det
14	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separated	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 corn	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 corn	det
17	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separated	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 barn	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 barn	det
20	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separated	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the method	accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Theme
3	separate	past	Hans	the chaff	by the method; in the barn; from the corn	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient from corn=Co-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

He opened both barn-doors and blew.

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 doors	det
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doors	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 barn	punct
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opened	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blew	cc
8	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	both barn doors					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	blow	past	He not said here						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He opened one barn-door and fanned the chaff with a sieve.

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 door	nummod
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 door	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 barn	punct
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fanned	cc
8	fanned	fan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chaff	det
10	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fanned	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 sieve	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sieve	det
13	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fanned	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	one barn door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	fan	past	He not said here	the chaff				with a sieve	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He opened both barn-doors and lay at one end, blowing the chaff to the far end of the barn.

The tree, 20 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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 doors	det
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doors	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 barn	punct
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opened	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lay	cc
8	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 end	nummod
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lay	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 blowing	punct
13	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 lay	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chaff	det
15	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blowing	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 end	det
18	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 end	amod
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blowing	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 barn	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 barn	det
22	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 end	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	open	past	He	both barn doors			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	lay	present	He not said here			at one end	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at end=Destination
3	blow	gerund	He not said here	the chaff	the far end of the barn		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient to end=Recipient

Option 4

He closed the barn-doors and swept the chaff into a pile.

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 closed	nsubj
2	closed	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doors	det
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doors	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 barn	punct
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 closed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swept	cc
8	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 closed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chaff	det
10	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swept	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 pile	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pile	det
13	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swept	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past	He	the barn doors					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	sweep	past	He not said here	the chaff		a pile			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chaff=Theme into pile=Destination

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