Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs granted Hok Lee a further opportunity to dance?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dwarfs · What happens: follow, state, grant, dance · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwarfs	det
10	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 granted	nsubj
11	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	Hok	Hok	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 reason	appos
13	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Hok	flat
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 opportunity	det
15	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 opportunity	amod
16	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 dance	mark
18	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 opportunity	acl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	tree rules
3	grant	past	the dwarfs	the reason not said here		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	dance	to-infinitive				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

They enjoyed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enjoyed	nsubj
2	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enjoyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	past	They	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They derived pleasure from being entertained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derived	nsubj
2	derived	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derived	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 entertained	case
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 entertained	cop
6	entertained	entertained	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 derived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	past	They	pleasure					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pleasure=Theme
2	is	gerund						entertained property	tree rules

Option 3

They were eager to see Hok Lee's dance once more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eager	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eager	cop
3	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 eager	xcomp
6	Hok	Hok	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dance	nmod:poss
7	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hok	flat
8	's	's	PART	_	6 Hok	case
9	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 see	advmod
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	They		eager property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	They not said here	Hok's dance	once property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus
3	dance		Hok			nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They took delight in the skill of the human dancer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 skill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 skill	det
6	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 dancer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dancer	det
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dancer	amod
10	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skill	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	They	delight		the skill of the human dancer			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent delight=Value in skill=Location

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