Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

Describe the fate of the three-decker ship at the close of the passage.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, fate · To what, where: fate, close, decker ship

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fate	det
3	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 ship	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ship	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 decker	nummod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 three	punct
8	decker	decker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ship	compound
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fate	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 close	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 close	det
12	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 close	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the fate of the decker ship		the close of the passage			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
2	fate			the decker ship					nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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

It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water, as its builder had long since lost all of his gold and house

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unsold	nsubj:pass
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsold	aux:pass
3	unsold	unsol	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unsold	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 unsold	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 boards	case
10	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reached	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 reached	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 reached	advmod
14	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsold	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reached	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 lost	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 lost	mark
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 builder	nmod:poss
20	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lost	nsubj:pass
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 lost	aux
22	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 lost	advmod
23	since	since	ADV	_	24 lost	advmod
24	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 reached	conj
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 lost	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 gold	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 gold	nmod:poss
28	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 all	nmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 house	cc
30	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unsol	past · passive	It	upon the shore	tree rules
2	cover	participle		with boards	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with board=Theme
3	not reach	past	the water		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme
4	lose	past · perfect · passive	water's builder	long, since property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unsold	nsubj:pass
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsold	aux:pass
3	unsold	unsol	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unsold	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 unsold	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 boards	case
10	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reached	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 reached	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 reached	advmod
14	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsold	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unsol	past · passive	It	upon the shore	tree rules
2	cover	participle		with boards	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with board=Theme
3	not reach	past	the water		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3

It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water, rotting slowly while the birds gathered and the winter passed by it entirely

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unsold	nsubj:pass
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsold	aux:pass
3	unsold	unsol	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unsold	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 unsold	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 boards	case
10	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reached	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 reached	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 reached	advmod
14	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsold	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reached	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rotting	punct
18	rotting	rot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 reached	advcl
19	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	18 rotting	advmod
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	23 gathered	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 birds	det
22	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 gathered	nsubj
23	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 rotting	advcl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 winter	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 winter	det
26	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 gathered	conj
27	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 winter	acl
28	by	by	ADP	_	29 it	case
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 passed	obl
30	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	27 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unsol	past · passive		It	upon the shore	tree rules
2	cover	participle			with boards	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with board=Theme
3	not reach	past		the water		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme
4	rot	gerund			slowly property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	gather	past	the birds			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
6	pass	participle		the winter not said here	by water; entirely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by it=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It was sold to a merchant who sailed it to Norway, leaving the village behind

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sold	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	aux:pass
3	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 merchant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sailed	nsubj
8	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 merchant	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sailed	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Norway	case
11	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sailed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 leaving	punct
13	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sold	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 village	det
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaving	obj
16	behind	behind	ADV	_	13 leaving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	sell	past · passive		It	a merchant		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to merchant=Recipient
2	sail	past	a merchant	merchant	Norway		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location
3	leave	gerund		the village		behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme

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