Exam question 1 · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the tailor first dispatched the two giants?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tailor · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch · To what, where: manner, two giants

This is exam question 1 of lesson 742 «Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 dispatched	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tailor	det
12	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dispatched	nsubj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 dispatched	advmod
14	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 giants	det
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 giants	nummod
17	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dispatched	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	dispatch	past	the tailor	the two giants	the manner	first property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient

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

He dropped stones upon them until they turned upon one another

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 turned	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turned	nsubj
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	advcl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 one	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 turned	obl
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	stones				upon stones = stone	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme upon they=Destination
2	turn	past	stones = stone					upon one	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon one=Trajectory

Option 2

He climbed a tree and dropped heavy stones upon them until they turned upon one another and fell

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dropped	cc
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stones	amod
8	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dropped	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 turned	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dropped	advcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 one	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 turned	obl
16	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 one	fixed
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fell	cc
18	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He	a tree		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	drop	past	He not said here	heavy stones	upon stones = stone	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme upon they=Destination
3	turn	past	stones = stone		upon one	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon one=Trajectory
4	fall	past	He not said here			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He pelted them with stones till they fought each other

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 pelted	nsubj
2	pelted	pelt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pelted	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 stones	case
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pelted	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	8 fought	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fought	nsubj
8	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pelted	advcl
9	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	8 fought	obj
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pelt	past	He	them = they				with stones	vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with stone=Theme
2	fight	past	stones = stone	each					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent

Option 4

He dropped stones from a high tree upon the giants until they turned upon one another in rage

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 giants	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giants	det
10	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 turned	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	advcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 one	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 turned	obl
16	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 one	fixed
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 rage	case
18	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	stones		a high tree		upon the giants	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from tree=Destination upon giant=Initial_Location
2	turn	past	stones = stone			rage		upon one	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon one=Source in rage=Trajectory

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