Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1…

Identify the reason the farmer's wife gives for refusing lodging to Little Klaus at the outset of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wife · What happens: identify, give, refuse, not lodge · To what, where: reason, outset

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1728 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1: Little Klaus loses his horse, then tricks a farmer with a squeaking sack» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wife	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 farmer	case
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 refusing	mark
10	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 gives	advcl
11	lodging	lodge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 refusing	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Little	case
13	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lodging	obl
14	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Little	flat
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 outset	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 outset	det
17	outset	outset	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lodging	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 narrative	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narrative	det
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 outset	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	present	the farmer's wife	the reason not said here			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	refuse	gerund	the farmer's wife not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not lodge	gerund	the farmer's wife not said here		the outset of the narrative	to Little	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at outset=Location

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

She states her husband is ill in bed and that she welcomes only the local priest and the sexton

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 states	nsubj
2	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ill	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 states	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 bed	case
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ill	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 welcomes	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 welcomes	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 welcomes	nsubj
12	welcomes	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 states	conj
13	only	only	ADV	_	16 priest	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 priest	det
15	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 priest	amod
16	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 welcomes	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sexton	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sexton	det
19	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 priest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	her husband		bed	ill property	tree rules
3	welcome	present	she	the local priest and the sexton			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She states that her husband is absent and that she admits no strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 states	nsubj
2	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 absent	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 husband	nmod:poss
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 absent	cop
7	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 states	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 admits	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 admits	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 admits	nsubj
11	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 states	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 strangers	det
13	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 admits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	She			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	her husband		absent property	tree rules
3	admit speech: other	present	she	no strangers		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme

Option 3

She claims the farmer has forbidden lodgers, and that the sexton is expected at supper

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forbidden	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forbidden	aux
6	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lodgers	amod
7	lodgers	lodger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 claims	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 expected	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 expected	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 expected	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sexton	det
12	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 expected	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 expected	aux:pass
14	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claims	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 supper	case
16	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 expected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	She	forbidden lodgers		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lodger=Topic
2	forbid	present · perfect · passive		the farmer		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	expect	present · passive		the sexton	supper	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

She states that her husband is absent from the farm this week and that she admits no strangers at all into the house

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 states	nsubj
2	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 absent	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 husband	nmod:poss
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 absent	cop
7	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 states	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 farm	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farm	det
10	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	obl
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 week	det
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 states	obl:unmarked
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 admits	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 admits	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 admits	nsubj
16	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 states	conj
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 strangers	det
18	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 admits	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 admits	obl
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 house	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 admits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	She			week		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	her husband		the farm		absent property	tree rules
3	admit speech: other	present	she	no strangers	all		into the house	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme at all=Location

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