Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu…

Describe the manner in which the company crossed the river in the latter portion of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, company · What happens: describe, cross · To what, where: manner, river

This is exam question 4 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	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	8 crossed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 company	det
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossed	nsubj
8	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossed	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 portion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 portion	det
13	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 portion	amod
14	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 portion	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	cross	past	the company	the river				in the latter portion of the narrative; in the manner	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent river=Patient in which=Topic

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 right answer

The waters parted and stood still, and they crossed with dry feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waters	det
2	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 parted	nsubj
3	parted	part	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stood	cc
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 parted	conj
6	still	still	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 crossed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 crossed	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 crossed	nsubj
10	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 parted	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 feet	case
12	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 feet	amod
13	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 crossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	part	past	the waters			vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	stand	past	the waters not said here	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cross	past	waters = water		with dry feet	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They waded through the mud and got soaked to the knees

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 waded	nsubj
2	waded	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 mud	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mud	det
5	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waded	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 soaked	cc
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 soaked	aux:pass
8	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 waded	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 knees	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 knees	det
11	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 soaked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wade	past	They			the mud			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mud=Trajectory
2	soak	past · passive	They not said here					to the knees	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

Option 3

The river froze and they skated over the ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 froze	nsubj
3	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 skated	cc
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 skated	nsubj
6	skated	skate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 froze	conj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 ice	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ice	det
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past	the river						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	skate	past	they			the ice			vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V PP.location»: agent=Theme over ice=Trajectory

Option 4

They swam across

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 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 swam	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	They					across property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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