Exam question 3 · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

State the manner in which the carpenter's wife concealed the coffin's ventilation from the mourners.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wife · What happens: state, conceal, ventilate · To what, where: manner, ventilation, coffin

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 concealed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carpenter	det
7	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 carpenter	case
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concealed	nsubj
10	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coffin	det
12	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ventilation	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 coffin	case
14	ventilation	ventilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concealed	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 mourners	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mourners	det
17	mourners	mourner	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 concealed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	conceal	past	the carpenter's wife	the coffin's ventilation	the manner	from the mourners	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ventilation=Patient from mourner=Beneficiary
3	ventilate			the coffin			nom ventilation «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

by boring holes in the coffin to admit air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 holes	case
2	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holes	amod
3	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 coffin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coffin	det
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holes	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 admit	mark
8	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 coffin	acl
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	to-infinitive		air					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 2

by secretly leaving the lid slightly open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 leaving	mark
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	3 leaving	advmod
3	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lid	det
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaving	obj
6	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	7 open	advmod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 leaving	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		the lid				open, secretly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme

Option 3

by hiding the box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 box	det
4	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		the box					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient

Option 4

by drilling small vents in the lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 drilling	mark
2	drilling	drill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 vents	amod
4	vents	vent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drilling	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lid	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lid	det
7	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drilling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drill	gerund		small vents		the lid			vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vent=Patient

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