Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els…

Which of the following best describes the action of Hans in hanging bells upon his sleeping wife?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Hans · What happens: follow, describe, bell, act · To what, where: hanging

This is exam question 1 of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bells	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bells	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Hans	case
10	Hans	Han	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 action	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 hanging	case
12	hanging	hanging	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
13	bells	bell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 wife	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 wife	nmod:poss
16	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wife	compound
17	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bells	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 bells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the action of Hans in hanging not said here		of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	bell	present	the action of Hans in hanging		upon action's sleeping wife	tree rules
4	act		Hans	hanging		nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place

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 hoped to cause a noisy quarrel with her gently

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cause	mark
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 quarrel	det
6	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quarrel	amod
7	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 quarrel	nmod
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 cause	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	cause not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a noisy quarrel				with her = she; gently property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition quarrel=Patient

Option 2

He meant to punish her for being lazy in the 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 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 punish	mark
4	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punish	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 lazy	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 lazy	cop
8	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 punish	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	past	He				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	punish not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she	the field		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	is	gerund				lazy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He contrived a stratagem to rouse her from her slumber

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 contrived	nsubj
2	contrived	contrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stratagem	det
4	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contrived	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 rouse	mark
6	rouse	rouse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 contrived	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rouse	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 slumber	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 slumber	nmod:poss
10	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rouse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	contrive	past	He	a stratagem		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stratagem=Result
2	rouse	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she	her slumber	vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	slumber		her = she			nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He wanted to scare her

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 scare	mark
4	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scare	obj

#	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	scare not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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