Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…

Describe the circumstances under which the grocer's wife came to lose her earrings, and state which valuable item she secured in their place.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wife, state · What happens: describe, come, lose, item, secure · To what, where: circumstances, earrings, valuable item, place

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstances	det
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Describe	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 came	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grocer	det
7	grocer	grocer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 grocer	case
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 circumstances	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 lose	mark
12	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 came	xcomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 earrings	nmod:poss
14	earrings	earring	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lose	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 item	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 item	cc
17	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 item	nsubj
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 item	nsubj
19	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 item	amod
20	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	obl
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 secured	nsubj
22	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 item	acl:relcl
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 place	case
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 place	nmod:poss
25	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 secured	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the circumstances		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	come	past	the grocer's wife		the circumstances	tree rules
3	lose	to-infinitive	the grocer's wife not said here	wife's earrings		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earring=Eventuality
4	item		state			tree rules
5	secure	past	state	valuable item not said here	earrings's place	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition item=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

She removed them in fear of the fire, and secured them in her pocket

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fear	case
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fear	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 secured	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 secured	cc
11	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 secured	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 pocket	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 pocket	nmod:poss
15	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	remove	past	She	them = they	fear of the fire	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	secure	past	She not said here	them = they	her pocket	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition they=Theme
3	fear			the fire		nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

She removed them in fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fear	case
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	She	them = they		fear			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

She pulled them off in panic at the noise, and carried them in her apron

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 panic	case
6	panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 noise	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 noise	det
9	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carried	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 carried	cc
12	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	parataxis
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carried	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 apron	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 apron	nmod:poss
16	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull off	past	She	them = they		panic		at the noise	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
2	carry	past		them = they		her apron			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in apron=Location

Option 4

In her pocket, from fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 pocket	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pocket	nmod:poss
3	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pocket	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 fear	case
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pocket	nmod

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

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