Exam question 1 · Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways a…

By what means did the straw effect a passage across the brook?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: straw effect, brook

This is exam question 1 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» 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=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 effect	det
6	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effect	compound
7	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 passage	det
9	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 brook	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brook	det
12	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past		the straw effect		the brook			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

By bending down into the water to reach the far side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 bending	mark
2	bending	bend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 bending	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bending	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 reach	mark
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bending	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend down	gerund				the water		down property	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into water=Product
2	reach	to-infinitive		the far side					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 2

By floating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 floating	mark
2	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

By being pushed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 pushed	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pushed	aux:pass
3	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	gerund · passive							vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By laying itself straight from one bank to the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 laying	mark
2	laying	lay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 laying	obj
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 bank	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 bank	nummod
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laying	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 other	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 other	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 laying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	gerund		itself = it		one bank		to the other	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent itself=Result from bank=Material

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