Exam question 1 · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

Which action of the servant most clearly demonstrates his kindness of heart, as stated in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, servant · What happens: demonstrate, state, act · To what, where: kindness, narrative

This is exam question 1 of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrates	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 servant	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 servant	det
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 clearly	advmod
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	8 demonstrates	advmod
8	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 kindness	nmod:poss
10	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrates	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 heart	case
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kindness	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stated	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 stated	mark
15	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 demonstrates	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 narrative	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrative	det
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stated	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 demonstrates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	which action of the servant	action's kindness of heart		clearly property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kindness=Topic
2	state speech: other	participle	which action of the servant not said here		the narrative		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	act		the servant				nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 releases the three captive fishes back into the pond

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 releases	nsubj
2	releases	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fishes	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 fishes	nummod
5	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fishes	amod
6	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 releases	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	2 releases	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 releases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present	He	the three captive fishes		the pond			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer fish=Source

Option 2

He hides the fish from the king

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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He	the fish				from the king	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fish=Patient from king=Beneficiary

Option 3

He keeps the three fishes in a jar at home

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fishes	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 fishes	nummod
5	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 jar	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jar	det
8	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He	the three fishes		a jar		at home	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fish=Theme in jar=Location

Option 4

He sells the fish

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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	He	the fish					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

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