Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…

Which character, having been granted possession of the book by the student in exchange for cheese, subsequently preserved it from destruction by fire, and where did he conceal it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character · What happens: grant, be, preserve, conceal · To what, where: granted possession, cheese

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» 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 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 preserved	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 possession	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 possession	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 possession	cop
6	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 possession	amod
7	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 character	acl:relcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 book	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possession	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 student	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 student	det
13	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 book	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 exchange	case
15	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 student	nmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 cheese	case
17	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 exchange	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 character	punct
19	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	20 preserved	advmod
20	preserved	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 preserved	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	23 destruction	case
23	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 preserved	obl
24	by	by	ADP	_	25 fire	case
25	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 preserved	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 conceal	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 conceal	cc
28	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	31 conceal	advmod
29	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 conceal	aux
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 conceal	nsubj
31	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 preserved	conj
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 conceal	obj
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 preserved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grant	participle				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	gerund · perfect	which character not said here	granted possession	of the book by the student in exchange for cheese	tree rules
3	preserve	past	which character	cheese	by fire; from destruction; subsequently property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from destruction=Theme
4	conceal	past · do-support	character	cheese		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer

The goblin, who concealed it in his red cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblin	det
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concealed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 concealed	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 concealed	nsubj
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 concealed	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 cap	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cap	nmod:poss
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cap	amod
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	the goblin	it		goblin's red cap			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in cap=Location

Option 2

The goblin, in his cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblin	det
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cap	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cap	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cap	nmod:poss
6	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goblin	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The grocer, who hid it under his counter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grocer	det
2	grocer	grocer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hid	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 hid	nsubj
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hid	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 counter	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 counter	nmod:poss
9	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the grocer	it		grocer's counter			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under counter=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The goblin, who had hidden the book in his red cap while the shop burned around him below

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblin	det
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 burned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hidden	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hidden	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hidden	aux
6	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 goblin	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 book	det
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hidden	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 cap	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cap	nmod:poss
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cap	amod
12	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 book	nmod
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 shop	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shop	det
15	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hidden	advcl
16	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	around	around	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 burned	obl
19	below	below	ADV	_	16 burned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive		the goblin					tree rules
2	burn	past	the goblin					around him = he; below property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around he=Location

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