Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

Identify the means by which Tom Thumb evaded the two strangers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, Tom · What happens: identify, mean, evade · To what, where: two strangers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 evaded	obl
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 evaded	nsubj
7	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Tom	flat
8	evaded	evade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 strangers	det
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 strangers	nummod
11	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 evaded	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	evade	past	Tom	the two strangers	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent stranger=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He slipped into an old mouse-hole in a ploughed field.

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 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	8 hole	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hole	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hole	amod
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hole	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 mouse	punct
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slipped	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 field	det
11	ploughed	plough	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 field	amod
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hole	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	He			a old mouse hole in a ploughed field			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	plough	participle							vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He crept into a rabbit burrow beside the road.

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 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 burrow	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 burrow	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burrow	compound
6	burrow	burrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	He			a rabbit burrow		beside the road	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into burrow=Destination

Option 3

He climbed into a hedge and hid under the leaves of a bush.

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	into	into	ADP	_	5 hedge	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hedge	det
5	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hid	cc
7	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 leaves	det
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hid	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 bush	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bush	det
13	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaves	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He			a hedge			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hedge=Destination
2	hide	past	He not said here			the leaves of a bush			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under leaf=Location

Option 4

He slipped into a mouse-hole in the field, where the strangers could not find him at all.

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 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	7 hole	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 mouse	punct
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slipped	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 field	det
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 find	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 find	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 strangers	det
14	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 find	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 find	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 find	advmod
17	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 slipped	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 find	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 find	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	He			a mouse hole in the field			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	not find	could	the strangers	him = he		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at all=Asset

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