Exam question 4 · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

Which of the following best describes the vehicle with which Hans was finally obliged to set out for the forest?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, oblige, set out · To what, where: vehicle, Hans

This is exam question 4 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 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 vehicle	det
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 obliged	obl
11	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 obliged	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 obliged	aux:pass
13	finally	finally	ADV	_	14 obliged	advmod
14	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 vehicle	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 set	mark
16	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 obliged	xcomp
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 set	compound:prt
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 forest	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 forest	det
20	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the vehicle	of the best	tree rules
3	oblige	past · passive	Hans	with the vehicle; finally property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
4	set out	to-infinitive		for the forest	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

An old wagon fitted with two wheels and a single horse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wagon	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wagon	amod
3	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wagon	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wheels	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 wheels	nummod
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fitted	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 horse	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 horse	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horse	amod
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wheels	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wagon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	participle		a old wagon not said here				with two wheels and a single horse	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

An old cart fitted with four wheels of unequal size and drawn by a pair of old hacks from the stable.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cart	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cart	amod
3	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cart	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wheels	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 wheels	nummod
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fitted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
9	unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wheels	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drawn	cc
12	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fitted	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 pair	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pair	det
15	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drawn	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 hacks	case
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 hacks	amod
18	hacks	hack	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 pair	nmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 stable	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 stable	det
21	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hacks	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cart	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	participle		a old cart not said here				with four wheels of unequal size	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	draw	participle						by a pair of old hacks from the stable	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An old cart fitted with four wheels of unequal size and drawn by a pair of old hacks.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cart	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cart	amod
3	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cart	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wheels	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 wheels	nummod
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fitted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
9	unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wheels	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drawn	cc
12	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fitted	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 pair	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pair	det
15	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drawn	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 hacks	case
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 hacks	amod
18	hacks	hack	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 pair	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cart	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	participle		a old cart not said here				with four wheels of unequal size	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	draw	participle						by a pair of old hacks	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

An old cart fitted with four wheels of unequal size, a loose seat, and drawn by a pair of tired old hacks.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cart	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cart	amod
3	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fitted	nsubj
4	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wheels	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 wheels	nummod
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fitted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
9	unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wheels	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 seat	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 seat	det
13	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 seat	amod
14	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 size	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 drawn	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 drawn	cc
17	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fitted	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 pair	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 pair	det
20	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 drawn	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 hacks	case
22	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 hacks	amod
23	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 hacks	amod
24	hacks	hack	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 pair	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	participle	a old cart					with four wheels of unequal size and a loose seat	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	draw	participle	a old cart not said here					by a pair of tired old hacks	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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