Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…

In what manner did the mother of Hans respond to each of his deliveries, and what admonition did she offer on the final occasion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hans, admonition, his · What happens: do, respond, offer, deliver · To what, where: mother, manner, each, final occasion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» 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	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 respond	mark
8	Hans	han	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respond	nsubj
9	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mother	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 each	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 respond	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 deliveries	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 deliveries	nmod:poss
14	deliveries	delivery	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 each	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 offer	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 offer	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 offer	obj
18	admonition	admonition	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 did	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 offer	aux
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 offer	nsubj
21	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	25 occasion	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 occasion	det
24	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 occasion	amod
25	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 offer	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		the mother		what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Eventuality
2	respond speech: other	present	Hans	the mother not said here	each		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Topic to each=Recipient
3	offer	past · do-support	admonition			the final occasion	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme
4	deliver		his = he				nom delivery «act transitive»: poss=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

She scolded him after every gift and explained how each one ought to have been carried, and at the end she told him to scold Gretel for her rudeness.

The tree, 29 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 scolded	nsubj
2	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 gift	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scolded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 explained	cc
8	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scolded	conj
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 carried	advmod
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carried	nsubj:pass
12	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 carried	aux
13	to	to	PART	_	16 carried	mark
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 carried	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 carried	aux:pass
16	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 explained	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 told	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 told	cc
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 end	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 end	det
21	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 told	obl
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	nsubj
23	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scolded	conj
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	iobj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 scold	mark
26	scold	scold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 told	xcomp
27	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 scold	obj
28	for	for	ADP	_	30 rudeness	case
29	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 rudeness	nmod:poss
30	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 scold	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scolded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	She	him = he		after every gift		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	past	She not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	carry	ought · perfect · passive		each one				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	past	she		him = he	at the end		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	scold not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	Gretel			for Gretel's rudeness	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent gretel=Theme for rudeness=Attribute

Option 2

She praised him and said nothing more.

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 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	conj
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 said	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 said	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 3

She praised him each time and told him how to carry the gifts, and on the last occasion she told him to look at Gretel with a stern face and refuse her.

The tree, 32 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 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 carry	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 carry	mark
11	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gifts	det
13	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carry	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 told	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 told	cc
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 occasion	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 occasion	det
18	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 occasion	amod
19	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 told	obl
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 told	nsubj
21	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	parataxis
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 told	iobj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 look	mark
24	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 told	xcomp
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 Gretel	case
26	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 look	obl
27	with	with	ADP	_	30 face	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 face	det
29	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 face	amod
30	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 look	obl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 refuse	cc
32	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 look	conj
33	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 refuse	obj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	him = he			time		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	She not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the gifts					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	past	she		him = he	the last occasion			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here					with a stern face; at Gretel	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at gretel=Theme
6	refuse	infinitive	she not said here	Gretel					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She rebuked him each time and advised him how the gift should have been conveyed, and on the last occasion she told him to cast friendly eyes upon Gretel.

The tree, 29 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 rebuked	nsubj
2	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rebuked	obj
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rebuked	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 advised	cc
7	advised	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuked	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 advised	obj
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 conveyed	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gift	det
11	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conveyed	nsubj:pass
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 conveyed	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 conveyed	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 conveyed	aux:pass
15	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 advised	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 told	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 told	cc
18	on	on	ADP	_	21 occasion	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 occasion	det
20	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 occasion	amod
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 told	obl
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	nsubj
23	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuked	conj
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	iobj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 cast	mark
26	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 told	xcomp
27	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 eyes	amod
28	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 cast	obj
29	upon	upon	ADP	_	30 Gretel	case
30	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 cast	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rebuked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rebuke	past	She	him = he			time		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	advise speech: other	past	She not said here	him = he					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	convey	should · perfect · passive		the gift					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
4	tell speech: assert	past	she		him = he	the last occasion			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	cast not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	friendly eyes				upon Gretel	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme upon gretel=Destination

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