Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 2…

Explain the means by which a Will-o'-the-Wisp may cease to burn clear before the year is up.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, Wisp · What happens: explain, mean, cease, burn, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 cease	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 Wisp	det
7	Will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 Wisp	aux
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 Wisp	punct
9	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	14 Wisp	case
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 Wisp	punct
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 Wisp	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Wisp	det
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 the	punct
14	Wisp	wisp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cease	nsubj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 cease	aux
16	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 burn	mark
18	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 cease	xcomp
19	clear	clear	ADV	_	18 burn	advmod
20	before	before	SCONJ	_	24 up	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 year	det
22	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 up	obl:unmarked
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 up	cop
24	up	up	ADV	_	18 burn	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cease	may	a Wisp			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	burn	to-infinitive	a Wisp not said here		clear property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	present	a Wisp not said here	year	up property	tree rules

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

Returning to its family and giving the matter up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 family	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 family	nmod:poss
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Returning	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 giving	cc
6	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Returning	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giving	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	6 giving	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund						to its family result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to family=Result
2	give up	gerund		the matter					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Source

Option 2

Leaving the moor and returning to the marsh alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moor	det
3	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 returning	cc
5	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Leaving	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 marsh	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 marsh	det
8	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returning	obl
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 returning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		the moor					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moor=Theme
2	return	gerund						to the marsh result; alone property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to marsh=Result

Option 3

Going home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund						home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Being blown out by a storm in the open fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 blown	aux:pass
2	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 blown	compound:prt
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 storm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 storm	det
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blown	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 fields	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fields	det
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fields	amod
10	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow out	gerund · passive	a storm			the open fields			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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