Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…

Identify the precise location in which the goblin remained after the fire was extinguished, and state the reason which he gives for not wholly abandoning the grocer.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, goblin · What happens: identify, remain, be, state, give, not abandon · To what, where: precise location, goblin, reason, grocer

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 location	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 location	amod
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 extinguished	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goblin	det
8	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 extinguished	nsubj
9	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 goblin	acl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remained	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 extinguished	cop
14	extinguished	extinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 location	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 state	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 state	cc
17	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reason	det
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 state	obj
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 gives	obj
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gives	nsubj
22	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reason	acl:relcl
23	for	for	SCONJ	_	26 abandoning	mark
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 abandoning	advmod
25	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	26 abandoning	advmod
26	abandoning	abandon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 gives	advcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 grocer	det
28	grocer	grocer	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 abandoning	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise location				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	remain	participle		the goblin not said here		after the fire		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	the goblin		the precise location		extinguished property	tree rules
4	state speech: other	infinitive		the reason				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
5	give	present	goblin	the reason				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
6	not abandon	gerund	goblin not said here	the grocer			wholly property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme grocer=Source

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

On the chimney, because he could not give up the grocer and the jam at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 chimney	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chimney	det
3	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chimney	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 give	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 give	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 give	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grocer	det
12	grocer	grocer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 jam	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 jam	det
15	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grocer	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give up	could	he	the grocer and the jam		the chimney		at all	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grocer=Source

Option 2

In the cellar, because of the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cellar	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cellar	det
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cat	punct
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 cat	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cellar	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

On the chimney, because of the jam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 chimney	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chimney	det
3	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 jam	punct
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 jam	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jam	det
8	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chimney	conj

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

On the high chimney above the shop, because he still cared for the grocer and his jam

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 chimney	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chimney	det
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chimney	amod
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cared	obl
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chimney	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cared	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 cared	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cared	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 cared	advmod
12	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 grocer	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grocer	det
15	grocer	grocer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cared	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 jam	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 jam	nmod:poss
18	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grocer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	he			the high chimney above the shop	still	for the grocer and his jam	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for grocer=Theme

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