Exam question 2 · Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for Fran…

According to the narrative, what action did Knud take upon leaving the dancing-room?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: accord, take, leave · To what, where: narrative, dancing room

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 take	obj
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 take	aux
9	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 take	nsubj
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 narrative	parataxis
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 leaving	mark
12	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 take	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 room	det
14	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 room	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 dancing	punct
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leaving	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	take	past · do-support	action	the narrative	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
3	leave	gerund	action not said here	the dancing room	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

He departed immediately

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 departed	nsubj
2	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 departed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	past	He					immediately property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He left without a word

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 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	He					without a word	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He stayed outside the hall for hours thinking of Joanna and her song

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outside	outside	ADP	_	5 hall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hall	det
5	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 hours	case
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stayed	obl
8	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stayed	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Joanna	case
10	Joanna	Joanna	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 thinking	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 song	cc
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 song	nmod:poss
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Joanna	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He	the hall	hour		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside hall=Location
2	think speech: other	gerund	He not said here			of Joanna and her song	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sing		her = she				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He returned to the dance floor and asked the girl for another dance

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	to	to	ADP	_	6 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
5	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	compound
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 dance	case
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 dance	det
13	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					to the dance floor result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to floor=Result
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here		the girl			for another dance	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient

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