Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a w…

In what manner did the peasant obtain three hundred talers from the miller?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peasant · What happens: obtain · To what, where: hundred talers, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 751 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a wooden calf, a raven and a hidden Devil» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 obtain	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peasant	det
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	nsubj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 talers	nummod
10	talers	taler	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 obtain	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 miller	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 miller	det
13	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 obtain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	past · do-support	the peasant	hundred talers		what manner		from the miller	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent taler=Theme from miller=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 prophecy	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prophecy	det
5	feigned	feign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 prophecy	amod
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 raven	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 raven	det
9	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prophecy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of a feigned prophecy of the raven	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	feign	participle							vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Through a made-up warning from the bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	6 warning	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 warning	det
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 warning	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 bird	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By the means of a fake raven prophecy he made about the fifth thing in the town square

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
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	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 prophecy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prophecy	det
6	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prophecy	amod
7	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prophecy	compound
8	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 prophecy	acl:relcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	14 thing	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 thing	det
13	fifth	fifth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thing	amod
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 square	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 square	det
17	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 square	compound
18	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the					of a fake raven prophecy	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	make	past	he	a fake raven prophecy not said here		the town square		about the fifth thing	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophecy=Product

Option 4

By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven and the miller's fear of the Devil

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 prophecy	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prophecy	det
5	feigned	feign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 prophecy	amod
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 raven	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 raven	det
9	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prophecy	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fear	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 miller	det
12	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fear	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 miller	case
14	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prophecy	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Devil	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Devil	det
17	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			of a feigned prophecy of the raven and the miller's fear of the Devil	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	feign	participle				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fear		the miller	the Devil		nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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