Exam question 3 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

Which of the following identifies the purpose of the dream-boy's visit to the protagonist?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: visit, dream boy · What happens: follow, identify, purpose, visit · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 identifies	nsubj
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purpose	det
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	14 visit	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
10	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boy	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 dream	punct
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 visit	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 boy	case
14	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 purpose	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 protagonist	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 protagonist	det
17	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the purpose of the dream boy's visit	to the protagonist	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme to protagonist=be'
3	purpose		the dream boy's visit			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	visit		the dream boy			nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

To keep the protagonist company on the voyage across the seas so that he would not feel lonesome, and to show him the world.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 show	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 company	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 company	compound
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 voyage	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 voyage	det
8	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 seas	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 seas	det
11	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 feel	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 feel	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 feel	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 feel	advmod
17	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keep	advcl
18	lonesome	lonesome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 feel	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 show	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 show	cc
21	to	to	PART	_	22 show	mark
22	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 show	iobj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 world	det
25	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 show	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the protagonist company		the voyage	across the seas	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent company=Theme on voyage=Location
2	not feel	would	he				lonesome property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	show	to-infinitive		the world	him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient world=Topic

Option 2

To keep the protagonist company during the night so that he would not feel lonesome in the strange dream country, where the ships sailed.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 company	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 company	compound
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 feel	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 feel	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 feel	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 feel	advmod
14	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keep	advcl
15	lonesome	lonesome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 feel	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 country	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 country	det
18	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 country	amod
19	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 country	compound
20	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lonesome	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sailed	punct
22	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	25 sailed	advmod
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 ships	det
24	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 sailed	nsubj
25	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 country	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the protagonist company	night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme
2	not feel	would	he			lonesome property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	sail	past	the ships				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To keep the protagonist company so that he would not feel lonesome.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 company	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 company	compound
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 feel	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 feel	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 feel	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 feel	advmod
11	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keep	advcl
12	lonesome	lonesome	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feel	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the protagonist company					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme
2	not feel	would	he	lonesome					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lonesome=Theme

Option 4

To teach the protagonist about faraway lands and their strange peoples.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 teach	mark
2	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protagonist	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teach	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 lands	case
6	faraway	faraway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lands	amod
7	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protagonist	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 peoples	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 peoples	nmod:poss
10	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 peoples	amod
11	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lands	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 teach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	to-infinitive		the protagonist				about faraway lands and lands's strange peoples	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent protagonist=Recipient about land=Topic

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