Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets…

In what manner does the poet respond to the injury inflicted upon him by the boy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, inflict · To what, where: poet respond, manner, injury

This is exam question 2 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 injury	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 injury	det
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	nmod
11	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 injury	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 inflicted	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 boy	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boy	det
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inflicted	obl:agent
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the poet respond		what manner		to the injury	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	inflict	participle		the injury not said here				upon him = he	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 wept bitterly upon the cold ground for a long while and then resolved to warn every child in the land about the dangers of love

The tree, 26 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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	_	2 wept	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ground	amod
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 while	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 while	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 while	amod
11	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 resolved	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 resolved	advmod
14	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 warn	mark
16	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 resolved	xcomp
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 warn	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 land	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 land	det
21	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 warn	obl
22	about	about	ADP	_	24 dangers	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 dangers	det
24	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 land	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 love	case
26	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 dangers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He			while	upon the cold ground; bitterly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	resolve	past	He not said here			then		tree rules
3	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive	He not said here	every child	the land about the dangers of love			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wept upon the ground and resolved to caution the children

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 resolved	cc
7	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 caution	mark
9	caution	caution	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 resolved	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 caution	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He		upon the ground	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	resolve	past	He not said here			tree rules
3	caution speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here	the children		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

Option 3

He fainted on the floor and decided to keep the boy inside the house

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 fainted	nsubj
2	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fainted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 decided	cc
7	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fainted	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 decided	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	inside	inside	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	faint	past	He		the floor	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	decide	past	He not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the boy	the house	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boy=Theme inside house=Location

Option 4

He sobbed by the fire and vowed to find the boy and punish him

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 sobbed	nsubj
2	sobbed	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sobbed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 vowed	cc
7	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sobbed	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 vowed	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 punish	cc
13	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 find	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 punish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sob	past	He		by the fire	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	vow	past	He not said here			tree rules
3	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the boy		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Topic
4	punish	infinitive	He not said here	boy		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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