Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

Specify the location in which Tom Thumb finally rested before dawn.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Tom · What happens: specify, rest · To what, where: location

This is exam question 4 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rested	obl
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 rested	nsubj
7	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Tom	flat
8	finally	finally	ADV	_	9 rested	advmod
9	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 location	acl:relcl
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rested	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the location					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	rest	past	Tom			the location	dawn	finally property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in which=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

He slept under an old wooden cart.

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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	7 cart	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cart	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cart	amod
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cart	amod
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He			a old wooden cart			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He slept soundly in the hay-loft of the farmer's barn, where nobody would think to look for a boy.

The tree, 21 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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	2 slept	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 loft	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 loft	det
6	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loft	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 hay	punct
8	loft	loft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 barn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 barn	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 farmer	case
13	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loft	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 think	punct
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 think	advmod
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 think	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 think	aux
18	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 barn	acl:relcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 look	mark
20	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 think	xcomp
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 boy	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 boy	det
23	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 look	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He	the hay loft of the farmer's barn	soundly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in loft=Location
2	think speech: other	would	nobody			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	look	to-infinitive	nobody not said here		for a boy	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for boy=Theme

Option 3

He slept in the hay-loft of the barn, curled up in a heap of soft straw near the horses.

The tree, 20 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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 loft	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loft	det
5	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loft	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 hay	punct
7	loft	loft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 barn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 barn	det
10	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loft	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 curled	punct
12	curled	curl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 barn	acl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 curled	compound:prt
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 heap	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 heap	det
16	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 curled	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 straw	case
18	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 straw	amod
19	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heap	nmod
20	near	near	ADP	_	22 horses	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 horses	det
22	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 straw	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He			the hay loft of the barn			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in loft=Location
2	curl up	participle		the barn not said here		a heap of soft straw near the horses			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He slept in the hay-loft of the barn.

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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 loft	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loft	det
5	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loft	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 hay	punct
7	loft	loft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 barn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 barn	det
10	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loft	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He			the hay loft of the barn			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in loft=Location

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