Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu…

What physical transformation is described when the flute-player laid hold of the beard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: flute player · What happens: describe, lay, hold · To what, where: physical transformation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 described	obj
2	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 transformation	amod
3	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 hold	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 player	det
8	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 player	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 flute	punct
10	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hold	nsubj
11	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 hold	amod
12	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 beard	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 beard	det
15	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hold	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		physical transformation		tree rules
2	lay	participle				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hold		the flute player		of the beard	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 · ← Mova's choice

He shrank to the size of a child and noticed nothing around him at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 size	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 size	det
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrank	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 noticed	cc
10	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 noticed	obj
12	around	around	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 noticed	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 noticed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	He					to the size of a child result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to size=Result
2	notice	past	He not said here	nothing		all		around child	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 2

He felt sick and wobbly and wanted to lie down for the rest of the day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wobbly	cc
5	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sick	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lie	mark
9	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 lie	compound:prt
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 rest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rest	det
13	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lie	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 day	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	sick property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	want	past	He not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	lie down not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	for the rest of the day	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He felt strong enough for any task and perceived hitherto unnoticed objects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	enough	enough	ADV	_	2 felt	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 task	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 task	det
7	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 perceived	cc
9	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
10	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	9 perceived	advmod
11	unnoticed	unnoticed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 objects	amod
12	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 perceived	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He					for any task; enough, strong property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	perceive	past	He not said here	unnoticed objects				hitherto property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus

Option 4

He became very strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 strong	advmod
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	He					strong property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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