Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

Describe the manner in which the maid concluded her search of the room.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, maid · What happens: describe, conclude, search · To what, where: manner, search, room

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 concluded	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maid	det
7	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	nsubj
8	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 search	nmod:poss
10	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 room	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 room	det
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 search	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	conclude	past	the maid	maid's search of the room	the manner	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent search=Theme
3	search		maid	the room		nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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

She checked the room and then went back out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 checked	nsubj
2	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 checked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 went	advmod
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 checked	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
9	out	out	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 checked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past	She	the room					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme
2	go back	past	She not said here				then	out property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She went back to bed, believing she had been dreaming, after searching the entire room thoroughly once more.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 believing	punct
7	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 went	advcl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dreaming	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dreaming	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 dreaming	aux
11	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 believing	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 searching	punct
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 searching	mark
14	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 believing	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
16	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 room	amod
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 searching	obj
18	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	14 searching	advmod
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	20 more	advmod
20	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 searching	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go back	past	She		to bed result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result
2	believe	gerund	She not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	dream	past · perfect · progressive	she			vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
4	search	gerund	She not said here	the entire room	thoroughly property	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent room=Location

Option 3

She went to the kitchen, woke the cook, and then went back to bed, believing she had been dreaming all along.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kitchen	det
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 woke	punct
7	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 woke	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 woke	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 went	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 bed	case
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 believing	punct
18	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 went	advcl
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 dreaming	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 dreaming	aux
21	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 dreaming	aux
22	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 believing	ccomp
23	all	all	ADV	_	24 along	advmod
24	along	along	ADV	_	22 dreaming	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She		the kitchen			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to kitchen=Initial_Location
2	wake	past		the cook				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cook=Patient
3	go back	past				then	to bed result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result
4	believe	gerund						vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	dream	past · perfect · progressive	she				along property	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She went to bed, believing she had been dreaming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 believing	punct
6	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 went	advcl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dreaming	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dreaming	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 dreaming	aux
10	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 believing	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	go	past	She	bed	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location
2	believe	gerund	She not said here		vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	dream	past · perfect · progressive	she		vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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