Exam question 3 · Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna si…

Which action does Knud perform when he recognizes Joanna at the opera?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Knud · What happens: perform, recognize · To what, where: Joanna, opera

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1017 «Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 recognizes	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 recognizes	nsubj
8	recognizes	recognize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	advcl
9	Joanna	Joanna	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recognizes	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 opera	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 opera	det
12	opera	opera	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recognizes	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · do-support	which action						vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	recognize	present	Knud	Joanna		the opera			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joanna=Stimulus

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 rushes forward and seizes the hand of his master in the crowd

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 rushes	nsubj
2	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 rushes	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 seizes	cc
5	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rushes	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hand	det
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seizes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 master	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 master	nmod:poss
10	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hand	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 crowd	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crowd	det
13	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seizes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	present	He					forward property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seize	present	He not said here	the hand of his master		the crowd			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He seizes his master's hand

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 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 master	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	present	He	his master's hand					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 3

He drops his knapsack down

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 drops	nsubj
2	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knapsack	nmod:poss
4	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 drops	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop down	present	He	his knapsack				down property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knapsack=Theme

Option 4

He seizes his master's hand and cries out 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 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 master	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cries	cc
8	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 cries	compound:prt
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 cries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	present	He	his master's hand					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	cry out speech: express	present	He not said here					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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