--- title: What is the principal consequence of Big Klaus's attack upon the bed? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus a… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the principal consequence of Big Klaus's attack upon the bed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1729-pg640-part53/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1729-pg640-part53/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little… What is the principal consequence of Big Klaus's attack upon the bed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big Klaus · **What happens:** be, attack · **To what, where:** principal consequence This is exam question 2 of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1729-pg640-part53/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e2:1 # text = What is the principal consequence of Big Klaus's attack upon the bed? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 Big Big ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the principal consequence | | | | of Big Klaus's attack upon the bed | tree rules | | 2 | **attack** | | Big Klaus | | | | | upon the bed | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He hurts Little Klaus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e2:o1:1 # text = He hurts Little Klaus 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | He | Little Klaus | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer klaus=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He kills the grandmother by mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e2:o2:1 # text = He kills the grandmother by mistake 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | He | the grandmother | | | | by mistake | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandmother=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He kills the grandmother by mistake, thinking she is Klaus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e2:o3:1 # text = He kills the grandmother by mistake, thinking she is Klaus 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 Klaus Klaus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | He | the grandmother | | | | by mistake | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandmother=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | she | Klaus | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He breaks the host's expensive bed frame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e2:o4:1 # text = He breaks the host's expensive bed frame 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present | He | the host's expensive bed frame | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer frame=Patient | **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. 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