Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new he…

Which of the following accurately identifies the means by which the fleet of the king is prevented from pursuing the vessel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the · What happens: follow, identify, mean, prevent, pursue · To what, where: fleet, vessel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 prevented	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fleet	det
12	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prevented	nsubj:pass
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 king	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fleet	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 prevented	aux:pass
17	prevented	prevent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	ccomp
18	from	from	SCONJ	_	19 pursuing	mark
19	pursuing	pursue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 prevented	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 vessel	det
21	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pursuing	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	prevent	present · passive		the fleet of the king		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	pursue	gerund		the vessel		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=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 · ← Mova's choice

The sounding of a horn that frightens the fleet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sounding	det
2	sounding	sounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 horn	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horn	det
5	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sounding	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 frightens	nsubj
7	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 horn	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fleet	det
9	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frightens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present	a horn	the fleet					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fleet=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The release of fog which conceals the ships from view

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 release	det
2	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 fog	case
4	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 conceals	nsubj
6	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 release	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ships	det
8	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conceals	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 view	case
10	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceals	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	the release of fog	the ships		view			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ship=Patient from view=Beneficiary

Option 3

The release of fog from a sack which conceals the ships from view and lets the youth escape

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 release	det
2	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 fog	case
4	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sack	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fog	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 conceals	nsubj
9	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 release	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ships	det
11	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conceals	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 view	case
13	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceals	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lets	cc
15	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 conceals	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 youth	det
17	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lets	obj
18	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	conceal	present	the release of fog from a sack	the ships	view	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ship=Patient from view=Beneficiary
2	let	present	the release of fog from a sack not said here	the youth		tree rules
3	escape	infinitive	the youth not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The release of a heavy sack of fog that blinds the fleet and lets the ship escape

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 release	det
2	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lets	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sack	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sack	det
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sack	amod
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fog	case
8	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sack	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 blinds	nsubj
10	blinds	blind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 release	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fleet	det
12	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blinds	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blinds	cc
14	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ship	det
16	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lets	obj
17	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	blind	present	the release of a heavy sack of fog	the fleet	tree rules
2	let	present	the release of a heavy sack of fog	the ship	tree rules
3	escape	infinitive	the ship not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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