Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man…

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the merchant's condition upon entering the small room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, merchant · What happens: follow, be, enter, condition · To what, where: small room

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1437 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man tears himself in two, and the merchant finds a magic castle» 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	9 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 condition	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 merchant	det
12	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 condition	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 merchant	case
14	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 entering	mark
16	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 condition	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 room	det
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 room	amod
19	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 entering	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the accurate account; of the merchant's condition	tree rules
3	enter	gerund	the merchant's condition not said here	the small room		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination
4	condition		the merchant			nom condition «state 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 · ← Mova's choice

He is hungry and weary and so exhausted that he falls asleep right away beside the prepared couch in the room

The tree, 21 words

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	3 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 weary	cc
5	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hungry	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 exhausted	cc
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 exhausted	advmod
8	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 falls	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 falls	nsubj
11	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 away	advcl
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 falls	xcomp
13	right	right	ADV	_	14 away	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	8 exhausted	advmod
15	beside	beside	ADP	_	18 couch	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 couch	det
17	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 couch	amod
18	couch	couch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 away	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 room	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 room	det
21	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exhausted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		hungry property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	exhaust	past	He not said here	the room	away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	fall	present	he		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	prepare	participle				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is cold and frightened and waits beside the little table for food

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	3 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	cop
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 frightened	cc
5	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cold	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waits	cc
7	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	conj
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	11 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 table	amod
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waits	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 food	case
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 table	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		cold property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	wait	present	He not said here	the little table for food		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside table=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is hungry and weary and falls asleep beside the prepared couch

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	3 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 weary	cc
5	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hungry	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asleep	cc
7	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 asleep	cop
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hungry	conj
9	beside	beside	ADP	_	12 couch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 couch	det
11	prepared	prepared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 couch	amod
12	couch	couch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hungry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	the prepared couch	hungry property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	is	present	He not said here		asleep property	tree rules

Option 4

He is hungry and tired but sits down quietly by the fire

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	3 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tired	cc
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hungry	conj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 sits	cc
7	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sits	compound:prt
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 sits	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	hungry property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here		tree rules
3	sit down	present	He not said here	by the fire; quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

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