Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

By what means did the Hunter effect his transport to the granite mountain?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: Hunter effect · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» 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	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 effect	det
6	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 effect	compound
7	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 transport	nmod:poss
9	transport	transport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 mountain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mountain	det
12	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mountain	compound
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
14	?	?	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	do	past		the Hunter effect				to the granite mountain	tree rules

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 wrapping the maiden in his cloak and then wishing hard for the cloud to carry them both up the mountain

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wrapping	mark
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maiden	det
4	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cloak	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cloak	nmod:poss
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wishing	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 wishing	advmod
10	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wrapping	conj
11	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 wishing	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 cloud	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cloud	det
14	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wishing	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 carry	mark
16	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wishing	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 carry	obj
18	both	both	ADV	_	16 carry	advmod
19	up	up	ADP	_	21 mountain	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 mountain	det
21	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	gerund	the maiden	his cloak			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme in cloak=Destination
2	wish	gerund			then	for the cloud; hard property	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for cloud=Theme
3	carry	to-infinitive	them = they			up the mountain; both property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

By holding the maiden tight and running downhill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 holding	mark
2	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tight	det
4	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tight	amod
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 holding	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 running	cc
7	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 holding	conj
8	downhill	downhill	ADV	_	7 running	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund						tight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	gerund						downhill property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By wrapping the maiden in his cloak and wishing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wrapping	mark
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maiden	det
4	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cloak	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cloak	nmod:poss
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wishing	cc
9	wishing	wishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cloak	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	gerund		the maiden		his cloak and wishing			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme in cloak=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By climbing the mountain on foot while carrying the maiden tightly wrapped in a heavy woolen blanket

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 climbing	mark
2	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mountain	det
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 foot	case
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 carrying	mark
8	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 climbing	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 maiden	det
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 carrying	obj
11	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	12 wrapped	advmod
12	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 carrying	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 blanket	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 blanket	det
15	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 blanket	amod
16	woolen	woolen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 blanket	amod
17	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund	the mountain	foot		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location mountain=Theme
2	carry	gerund	the maiden			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme
3	wrap	participle		a heavy woolen blanket	tightly property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in blanket=Destination

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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