Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new he…

In what manner does the king respond when the youth completes the task of drinking the cellar?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth, task · What happens: do, complete, drink · To what, where: king respond, manner, task, cellar

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 completes	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 youth	det
10	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 completes	nsubj
11	completes	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 task	det
13	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 completes	obj
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 drinking	mark
15	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 task	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cellar	det
17	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drinking	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present		the king respond	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	complete	present	the youth	the task		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality
3	drink	gerund	the task not said here	the cellar		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cellar=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 laughs at him

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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	He					at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He grants a reward and dismisses the youth

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 grants	nsubj
2	grants	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reward	det
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grants	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dismisses	cc
6	dismisses	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grants	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 youth	det
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dismisses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	present	He	a reward					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
2	dismiss	present	He not said here	the youth					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He concedes that the youth has prevailed, but sets a further condition

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 concedes	nsubj
2	concedes	concede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 prevailed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 youth	det
5	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prevailed	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 prevailed	aux
7	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 concedes	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sets	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 sets	cc
10	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 concedes	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 condition	det
12	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 condition	amod
13	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	concede	present	He		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	prevail	present · perfect · passive		the youth	tree rules
3	set	present	He not said here	a further condition	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient condition=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He admits defeat and immediately sends the youth to fetch the crown

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 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sends	cc
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 sends	advmod
6	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 admits	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 youth	det
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sends	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fetch	mark
10	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sends	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crown	det
12	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	He	defeat		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defeat=Theme
2	send	present	He not said here	the youth	immediately property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme
3	fetch	to-infinitive	He not said here	the crown		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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