Exam question 1 · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…

Which of the following accurately describes the youth's reaction when the dead cousin attempted to strangle him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dead cousin, youth · What happens: follow, describe, attempt, strangle, react · To what, where: cousin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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	10 reaction	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 reaction	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reaction	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 reaction	case
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reaction	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 youth	det
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reaction	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 youth	case
10	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 attempted	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cousin	det
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cousin	amod
14	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attempted	nsubj
15	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 reaction	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 strangle	mark
17	strangle	strangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 attempted	xcomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 strangle	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 reaction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	attempt	participle	the dead cousin			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	strangle not said to happen	to-infinitive	the dead cousin not said here	cousin		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	react		the youth			nom reaction «process intransitive»: 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

He pushed the cousin away and laughed.

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 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 pushed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 laughed	cc
7	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pushed	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push away	past	He	the cousin				away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme
2	laugh	past	He not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He returned the cousin to his coffin and shut the lid.

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 coffin	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coffin	nmod:poss
7	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shut	cc
9	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lid	det
11	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shut	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He	the cousin		his coffin			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme to coffin=Destination
2	shut	past	He not said here	the lid					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lid=Patient

Option 3

He tossed the cousin on the floor and left the room.

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 tossed	nsubj
2	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tossed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tossed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	He	the cousin		the floor			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme on floor=Destination
2	leave	past	He not said here	the room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 4

He wept loudly.

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 wept	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He					loudly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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