Exam question 2 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

Describe the manner in which the head cook's initial scepticism was overcome by the dwarf's conduct in the kitchen.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, conduct, dwarf · What happens: describe, overcome, conduct · To what, where: manner, initial scepticism, kitchen

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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	Describe	describe	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 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 overcome	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cook	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cook	compound
8	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scepticism	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cook	case
10	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 scepticism	amod
11	scepticism	scepticism	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 overcome	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 overcome	aux:pass
13	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	18 conduct	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dwarf	det
16	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 conduct	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 dwarf	case
18	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 overcome	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 kitchen	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 kitchen	det
21	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 conduct	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	overcome	past · passive	the dwarf's conduct in the kitchen	the head cook's initial scepticism		in the manner	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme in which=Attribute
3	conduct		the dwarf		the kitchen		nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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 head cook remained sceptical to the end, and only the duke's personal intervention, which had nothing to do with Jem's cooking, persuaded him to keep the dwarf on in the kitchen

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cook	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cook	compound
3	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remained	nsubj
4	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sceptical	sceptical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remained	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sceptical	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 intervention	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 intervention	cc
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 duke	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 duke	det
13	duke	duke	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 intervention	compound
14	's	's	PART	_	13 duke	case
15	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 intervention	amod
16	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remained	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 intervention	conj
20	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 had	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 do	mark
22	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 nothing	acl
23	with	with	ADP	_	26 cooking	case
24	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 cooking	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 Jem	case
26	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 do	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 persuaded	punct
28	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 remained	conj
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 persuaded	obj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 keep	mark
31	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 persuaded	advcl
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 dwarf	det
33	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 keep	obj
34	on	on	ADP	_	31 keep	compound:prt
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 kitchen	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 kitchen	det
37	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remain	past	the head cook			sceptical property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	duke personal intervention	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
3	do	to-infinitive	duke personal intervention not said here	nothing not said here		with Jem's cooking	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	persuade	past	the head cook not said here	cook			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	keep on	to-infinitive	the head cook not said here	the dwarf	the kitchen		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme in kitchen=Location
6	cook		Jem				nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Jem's odd herbs and his tasty dishes slowly convinced the cook, who then praised his work

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 herbs	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jem	case
3	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 herbs	amod
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 convinced	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dishes	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dishes	nmod:poss
7	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dishes	amod
8	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 herbs	conj
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 convinced	advmod
10	convinced	convince	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cook	det
12	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 convinced	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 praised	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 praised	nsubj
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 praised	advmod
16	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 convinced	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 work	nmod:poss
18	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 praised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	convince	past	Jem's odd herbs and Jem's tasty dishes	the cook		slowly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cook=Experiencer
2	praise	past		Jem's work	then		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
3	work		Jem				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The cook's doubts faded once Jem produced exotic herbs and the dishes impressed everyone present

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doubts	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cook	case
4	doubts	doubt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faded	nsubj
5	faded	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	8 produced	mark
7	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 produced	nsubj
8	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 faded	ccomp
9	exotic	exotic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 herbs	amod
10	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 produced	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dishes	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dishes	det
13	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 herbs	conj
14	impressed	impress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 present	amod
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 present	compound
16	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 herbs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fade	past	the cook's doubts		tree rules
2	produce	past	Jem	exotic herbs and the dishes and impressed everyone present	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Result
3	impress	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	doubt		the cook		nom doubt «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The head cook's scepticism yielded when Jem named unusual ingredients and the cooked dishes earned unqualified approval

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cook	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cook	compound
3	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scepticism	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 cook	case
5	scepticism	scepticism	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yielded	nsubj
6	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 named	mark
8	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 named	nsubj
9	named	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 yielded	ccomp
10	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ingredients	amod
11	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 named	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 earned	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dishes	det
14	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 dishes	amod
15	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 earned	nsubj
16	earned	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 yielded	conj
17	unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 approval	amod
18	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 earned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	yield	past	the head cook's scepticism		tree rules
2	name	past	Jem	unusual ingredients	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ingredient=Theme
3	cook	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	earn	past	the cooked dishes	unqualified approval	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approval=Theme

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