Exam question 2 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, drea…

Upon what object did the old woman blow in order to summon the guinea pigs from the staircase?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: blow, summon · To what, where: guinea pigs, staircase

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 blow	obj
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 blow	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blow	nsubj
8	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 order	case
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blow	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 summon	mark
12	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 blow	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pigs	det
14	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pigs	compound
15	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 summon	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 staircase	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 staircase	det
18	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 summon	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 blow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past · do-support	the old woman					in order	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Patient in order=Topic
2	summon	to-infinitive	the old woman not said here		the guinea pigs	the staircase			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Recipient

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

A little golden bell she shakes near the staircase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bell	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bell	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bell	amod
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shakes	nsubj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shakes	nsubj
6	shakes	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 staircase	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 staircase	det
9	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shakes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	present	a little golden bell			the staircase			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near staircase=Location

Option 2

A tiny silver whistle she wears round her neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 whistle	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 whistle	amod
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whistle	compound
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wears	nsubj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wears	nsubj
6	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	a tiny silver whistle					round her neck	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A silver whistle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 whistle	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 whistle	amod
3	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A brass trumpet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trumpet	det
2	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trumpet	compound
3	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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