Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princes…

In what manner did the giant respond when the first coat failed to fit him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: first coat · What happens: do, fail, not fit · To what, where: giant respond, manner, him

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1646 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princess's hair and frees the prince» 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 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 respond	amod
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 failed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coat	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 coat	amod
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 failed	nsubj
12	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fit	mark
14	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 failed	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fit	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		the giant respond	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	fail	past	the first coat			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not fit	to-infinitive	the first coat not said here	him = he		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice

He threw it off and declared it useless, then ordered the girl to make another at once

The tree, 17 words

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 threw	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 declared	cc
6	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 declared	obj
8	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 declared	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ordered	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 ordered	advmod
11	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ordered	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ordered	xcomp
16	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 make	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 once	case
18	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	throw off	past	He	it				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here	it			useless property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
3	order	past			the girl	then		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
4	make not said to happen	to-infinitive		another				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset another=Product

Option 2

He tore it off and cursed the tailor

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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tore	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 tore	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cursed	cc
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tore	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tailor	det
8	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	He	it					tree rules
2	curse	participle	He not said here	the tailor					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailor=Theme

Option 3

He threw it off in a rage and declared it useless while the prince and lion watched from the door

The tree, 20 words

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 threw	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rage	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rage	det
7	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 declared	cc
9	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 declared	obj
11	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 declared	xcomp
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 watched	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	nsubj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 lion	cc
16	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prince	conj
17	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	advcl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 door	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 door	det
20	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw off	past	He	it	a rage		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in rage=Destination
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here	rage		useless property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
3	watch	past	the prince and lion		the door		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He threw it off and declared it useless

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 threw	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 declared	cc
6	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 declared	obj
8	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 declared	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw off	past	He	it					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here	it				useless property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute

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