Exam question 1 · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

Which of the following best describes the apothecary's reaction to Big Klaus's account of his grandmother's death?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: apothecary, Big Klaus, grandmother · What happens: follow, describe, react, account, die · To what, where: reaction, death

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 apothecary	det
8	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reaction	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 apothecary	case
10	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 account	case
12	Big	Big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Klaus	amod
13	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 account	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Klaus	case
15	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 death	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 grandmother	nmod:poss
18	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 death	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 grandmother	case
20	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 account	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the apothecary's reaction	of the best; to Big Klaus's account of Klaus's grandmother's death	tree rules
3	react		the apothecary			nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent
4	account		Big Klaus	Klaus's grandmother's death		nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
5	die		Klaus's grandmother			nom death «event intransitive»: 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

He pronounced Big Klaus to be deranged and told him to leave the shop immediately

The tree, 15 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	2 pronounced	nsubj
2	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pronounced	obj
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Big	flat
5	to	to	PART	_	7 deranged	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 deranged	aux:pass
7	deranged	derange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pronounced	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pronounced	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 leave	mark
12	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shop	det
14	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leave	obj
15	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	12 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	pronounce	past	He	Big			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent big=Result
2	derange	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here				tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here		Big		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the shop		immediately property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme

Option 2

He thought Big Klaus was honest

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	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Big	Big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Klaus	amod
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 honest	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 honest	cop
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Big Klaus					honest property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He pronounced Big Klaus to be deranged

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	2 pronounced	nsubj
2	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pronounced	obj
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Big	flat
5	to	to	PART	_	7 deranged	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 deranged	aux:pass
7	deranged	derange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pronounced	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	past	He	Big					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent big=Result
2	derange	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here						tree rules

Option 4

He called Big Klaus deranged and refused to sell him any medicine at all for his granny

The tree, 17 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	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 deranged	nsubj
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Big	flat
5	deranged	derange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refused	cc
7	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sell	mark
9	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refused	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sell	iobj
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 medicine	det
12	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sell	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sell	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 granny	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 granny	nmod:poss
17	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	He					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	derange	past	Big					tree rules
3	refuse	past	He not said here					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not sell	to-infinitive	He not said here	any medicine	Big	all	for Big's granny	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient medicine=Theme at all=Asset

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