Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the…

Which action did the tailor perform to demonstrate his strength to the giant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, tailor · What happens: do, perform, demonstrate · To what, where: strength, giant

This is exam question 3 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tailor	det
5	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 demonstrate	mark
8	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 perform	xcomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 strength	nmod:poss
10	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrate	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 giant	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 giant	det
13	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrate	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	perform	present	the tailor			tree rules
3	demonstrate	to-infinitive	the tailor not said here	tailor's strength	the giant	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Topic to giant=Recipient

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

He squeezed a ripe apple until juice poured out

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 squeezed	nsubj
2	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apple	det
4	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apple	amod
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squeezed	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 poured	mark
7	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 poured	nsubj
8	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 squeezed	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 poured	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	past	He	a ripe apple					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
2	pour out	participle	juice						vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He crushed a soft cheese in his fist until the whey ran out, then bragged to the giants

The tree, 18 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 crushed	nsubj
2	crushed	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cheese	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cheese	amod
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crushed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fist	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fist	nmod:poss
8	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crushed	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 ran	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 whey	det
11	whey	whey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ran	nsubj
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crushed	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bragged	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 bragged	advmod
16	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crushed	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 giants	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 giants	det
19	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 bragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	crush	past	He	a soft cheese		his fist		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient
2	run out	past	the whey					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	brag speech: other	past	He not said here		the giants		then	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to giant=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He compressed a soft cheese until liquid emerged

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 compressed	nsubj
2	compressed	compress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cheese	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cheese	amod
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compressed	obj
6	until	until	ADP	_	7 liquid	case
7	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compressed	obl
8	emerged	emerge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 liquid	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compress	past	He	a soft cheese			until liquid		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient
2	emerge	participle		liquid not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He tore a bread loaf into pieces until crumbs fell everywhere on the floor of the cave

The tree, 17 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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loaf	det
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loaf	compound
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tore	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 pieces	case
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tore	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 fell	mark
9	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tore	advcl
11	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 fell	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 floor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 floor	det
14	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 cave	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cave	det
17	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 floor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past	He	a bread loaf		pieces			tree rules
2	fall	past	crumbs			the floor of the cave		everywhere property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location

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