Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the yard-dog had been chained?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, identify, chain · To what, where: reason, yard dog

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
10	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dog	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 yard	punct
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 chained	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 chained	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 chained	aux:pass
15	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reason	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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 reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	chain	past · perfect · passive	the reason not said here	the yard dog		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

He had growled at a man near the gate

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 growled	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 growled	aux
3	growled	growl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 man	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 growled	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 growled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	past · perfect	He			the gate		at a man	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at man=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He had bitten a boy who had taken his bone

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 bitten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bitten	aux
3	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bitten	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 taken	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 taken	aux
8	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 boy	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bone	nmod:poss
10	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past · perfect	He	a boy					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
2	take	past · perfect	a boy	boy's bone					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme

Option 3

He had bitten a girl who stole his 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 bitten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bitten	aux
3	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bitten	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stole	nsubj
7	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	acl:relcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 food	nmod:poss
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past · perfect	He	a girl					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient
2	steal	past	a girl	his food					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme

Option 4

He had barked too loud

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 barked	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 barked	aux
3	barked	bark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 loud	advmod
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 barked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past · perfect	He					loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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