Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: t…

Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the enchanted fish first addressed the fisherman when it was drawn from the water?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, enchanted fish · What happens: describe, enchant, address, draw · To what, where: manner, fisherman, fish, water

This is exam question 3 of lesson 733 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 9: the soldier wins a princess, and the fisherman's wife starts asking for more» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 addressed	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fish	det
10	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fish	amod
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 addressed	nsubj
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 addressed	advmod
13	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fisherman	det
15	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 addressed	obj
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 drawn	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 drawn	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 drawn	aux:pass
19	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 addressed	advcl
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 water	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 water	det
22	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 drawn	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	address	past	the enchanted fish	the fisherman	the manner	first property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fisherman=Destination
4	draw	past · passive		fish	the water		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from water=Initial_Location

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

It begged to be set free from the hook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 free	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 free	cop
5	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 free	amod
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 begged	ccomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 hook	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hook	det
9	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	It						vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive				the hook		free property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It declared that it was not a real fish but an enchanted prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fish	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fish	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fish	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 fish	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fish	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fish	amod
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	ccomp
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 prince	cc
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 prince	det
12	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 prince	amod
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	It		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	past	it	a real fish but a enchanted prince	tree rules
3	enchant	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It spoke as a fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 fish	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	It					as a fish	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It said it was a prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 prince	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 prince	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	It						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a prince					tree rules

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