Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid's son: Hans makes th…

By what means did Hans gain entry through the gate?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hans · What happens: mean, gain · To what, where: entry, gate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1633 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid's son: Hans makes the lake's fish flood the squire's yard and returns with gold from Purgatory» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gain	aux
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gain	nsubj
6	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
7	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gain	obj
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gain	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	gain	past · do-support	Hans	entry		the gate			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entry=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

By smashing it with his staff until the hinges broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 smashing	mark
2	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 broke	advcl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smashing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 staff	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 staff	nmod:poss
6	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashing	obl
7	until	until	ADP	_	9 hinges	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hinges	det
9	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smashing	obl
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		it			until the hinges	with his staff	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with staff=Instrument
2	break	past							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

By smashing it hard with his heavy wooden staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 smashing	mark
2	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smashing	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 smashing	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 staff	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 staff	nmod:poss
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 staff	amod
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 staff	amod
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		it				with his heavy wooden staff; hard property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with staff=Instrument

Option 3

By asking the guard nicely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guard	det
4	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
5	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	2 asking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund		the guard				nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By smashing it with his staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 smashing	mark
2	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smashing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 staff	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 staff	nmod:poss
6	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		it				with his staff	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with staff=Instrument

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