Exam question 2 · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…

Which of the following correctly identifies the reason the king hesitated to dismiss the tailor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, hesitate, dismiss · To what, where: reason, king, tailor

This is exam question 2 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	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	appos
11	hesitated	hesitate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 king	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 dismiss	mark
13	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hesitated	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tailor	det
15	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dismiss	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the reason	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	hesitate	participle	the king not said here		tree rules
4	dismiss	to-infinitive	the tailor		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailor=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

He wanted to keep the tailor as a servant

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tailor	det
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 servant	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 servant	det
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the tailor				as a servant	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailor=Theme

Option 2

He feared the tailor had magic powers that could overthrow him and his entire people

The tree, 15 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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tailor	det
4	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	ccomp
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 powers	amod
7	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 overthrow	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 overthrow	aux
10	overthrow	overthrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 powers	acl:relcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 overthrow	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 feared	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 people	nmod:poss
14	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 people	amod
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	He	tailor's entire people	tree rules
2	have	past	the tailor	magic powers	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
3	overthrow	could	magic powers	tailor	tree rules

Option 3

He feared the tailor's cleverness would humiliate him before all his court and people

The tree, 15 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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tailor	det
4	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleverness	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 tailor	case
6	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 humiliate	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 humiliate	aux
8	humiliate	humiliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 humiliate	obj
10	before	before	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 court	det:predet
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 court	nmod:poss
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 humiliate	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 people	cc
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 court	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	humiliate	would	the tailor's cleverness	tailor			before cleverness's court and people		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He feared the tailor would kill him and his people

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tailor	det
4	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kill	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kill	aux
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kill	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 people	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 people	nmod:poss
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 him	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	kill	would	the tailor	him = he					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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