Exam question 3 · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

Which of the following correctly identifies the plan devised by the squire and his wife to dispose of Hans?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, devise, dispose · To what, where: plan

This is exam question 3 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plan	det
8	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 plan	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 squire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 squire	det
12	squire	squire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 devised	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wife	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wife	nmod:poss
15	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 squire	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 dispose	mark
17	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 devised	advcl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Hans	case
19	Hans	Han	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 dispose	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the plan	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent plan=Theme
3	devise	participle	the plan not said here	by the squire and his wife	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	dispose	to-infinitive		of Hans	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: 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

A test of strength at the mill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 strength	case
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 mill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test			strength		the mill			nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient at=place

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A contest in which the man who lost would be fined.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contest	det
2	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 fined	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fined	nsubj:pass
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lost	nsubj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	acl:relcl
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fined	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 fined	aux:pass
11	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 contest	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 contest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the man						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fine	would · passive		the man		a contest			vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A contest, in which the man returning last from the forest with his load would be hanged.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contest	det
2	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hanged	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 hanged	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hanged	nsubj:pass
8	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 man	acl
9	last	last	ADV	_	8 returning	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returning	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 load	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 load	nmod:poss
15	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 forest	nmod
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 hanged	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 hanged	aux:pass
18	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 contest	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 contest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the man not said here			the forest with man's load		last property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial_Location
2	hange	would · passive		the man		a contest			tree rules

Option 4

A bet, in which the man returning first would be paid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bet	det
2	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 paid	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 paid	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paid	nsubj
8	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 man	acl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 returning	advmod
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 paid	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 paid	aux:pass
12	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bet	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the man not said here					first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pay	would · passive		the man		a bet			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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