Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

State the manner in which the mother of the Winds disciplined her sons, and the purpose of the sack.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mother, sack · What happens: state, discipline, purpose · To what, where: manner, sons

This is exam question 3 of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 disciplined	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disciplined	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Winds	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Winds	det
10	Winds	Wind	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 mother	nmod
11	disciplined	discipline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sons	nmod:poss
13	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 disciplined	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 purpose	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 purpose	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 purpose	det
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 sack	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sack	det
20	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 purpose	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner		the purpose of the sack obl	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	discipline	past	the mother of the Winds	mother's sons	the manner		tree rules
3	purpose		the sack				nom purpose «cognition 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

She seized the offending wind and confined him in a sack, sitting upon him to keep him still

The tree, 18 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 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
4	offending	offending	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wind	compound
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 confined	cc
7	confined	confine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 confined	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sack	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sack	det
11	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 confined	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sitting	punct
13	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 seized	advcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sitting	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 sitting	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keep	obj
19	still	still	ADV	_	17 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	She	the offending wind				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
2	confine	past	She not said here	him = he	a sack			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sack=Destination
3	sit	gerund	She not said here				upon him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon he=Location
4	keep	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he		still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

She seized the offending wind by his collar and shut him in a sack, then sat upon him, as a mother would, so he could not escape or cause more trouble among his brothers

The tree, 34 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 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
4	offending	offending	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wind	compound
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 collar	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 collar	nmod:poss
8	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shut	cc
10	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shut	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sack	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sack	det
14	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shut	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sat	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 sat	advmod
17	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sat	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 would	punct
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 would	mark
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 mother	det
23	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 would	nsubj
24	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 sat	advcl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 escape	punct
26	so	so	ADV	_	30 escape	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 escape	nsubj
28	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 escape	aux
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	30 escape	advmod
30	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 seized	conj
31	or	or	CCONJ	_	32 cause	cc
32	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 escape	conj
33	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 trouble	amod
34	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 cause	obj
35	among	among	ADP	_	37 brothers	case
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 brothers	nmod:poss
37	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	She	the offending wind			by his collar	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
2	shut	past	She not said here	him = he	a sack			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	sit	past	She not said here			then	upon him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon he=Location
4	not escape	could	he					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	cause	infinitive	he not said here	more trouble			among his brothers	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient

Option 3

She grabbed the naughty wind and put him in a bag, then sat on it so he couldn't escape

The tree, 20 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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
4	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wind	amod
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 put	cc
7	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grabbed	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 put	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bag	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bag	det
11	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sat	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 sat	advmod
14	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sat	obl
17	so	so	SCONJ	_	21 escape	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 escape	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 escape	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 escape	advmod
21	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 sat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	grab	past	She	the naughty wind			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
2	put	infinitive	She not said here	him = he	a bag		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in bag=Destination
3	sit	past	She not said here		bag	then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location
4	not escape	could	he				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She caught the guilty wind and shut him in a sack, holding it closed with her weight

The tree, 17 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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wind	amod
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shut	cc
7	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shut	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sack	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sack	det
11	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shut	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 holding	punct
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 shut	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 holding	obj
15	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 holding	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 weight	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 weight	nmod:poss
18	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	catch	past	She	the guilty wind			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
2	shut	past	She not said here	him = he	a sack		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	hold	gerund	She not said here	wind			tree rules
4	close	participle	She not said here			with her weight	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with weight=Theme

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