Exam question 1 · Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the ma…

By what means did Peter induce the woodpecker to drop the magic root?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Peter · What happens: mean, induce, drop · To what, where: woodpecker, magic root

This is exam question 1 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 induce	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 induce	aux
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 induce	nsubj
6	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woodpecker	det
8	woodpecker	woodpecker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 induce	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 drop	mark
10	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 induce	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 root	det
12	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 root	compound
13	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drop	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 induce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	induce	past · do-support	Peter	the woodpecker	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woodpecker=Patient
3	drop	to-infinitive	Peter not said here	the magic root	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

by displaying the hangman's scarlet cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 displaying	mark
2	displaying	display	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hangman	det
4	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cloak	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 hangman	case
6	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cloak	compound
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 displaying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	gerund		the hangman's scarlet cloak					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 2

by waving the hangman's scarlet cloak in front of the nest and shouting loudly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 waving	mark
2	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hangman	det
4	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cloak	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 hangman	case
6	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cloak	compound
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waving	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waving	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 shouting	cc
14	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waving	conj
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	14 shouting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund		the hangman's scarlet cloak				in front of the nest	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient in front=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund						loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

by shaking a bag of nuts at her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 shaking	mark
2	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shaking	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 nuts	case
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bag	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	gerund		a bag of nuts				at her = she	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bag=Theme at she=Trajectory

Option 4

by hanging a bell from the branch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 hanging	mark
2	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hanging	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 branch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 branch	det
7	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund		a bell		the branch			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient

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