Exam question 2 · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the old driver came to be enclosed within the sack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old driver · What happens: follow, describe, come, enclose · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 2 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	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	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 came	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 driver	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 driver	amod
14	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	parataxis
16	to	to	PART	_	18 enclosed	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 enclosed	aux:pass
18	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 came	advcl
19	within	within	ADP	_	21 sack	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sack	det
21	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 enclosed	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	come	past	the old driver		the manner		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location
4	enclose	to-infinitive · passive	the old driver not said here			within the sack	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»

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 was tricked into it

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 tricked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive		He				into it result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into it=Result

Option 2

He was persuaded in by a sack-filled gift from the boy

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 persuaded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 persuaded	aux:pass
3	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 persuaded	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	10 gift	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gift	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 filled	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sack	punct
9	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 gift	amod
10	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persuaded	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 boy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade in	past · passive	a filled gift from the boy	He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	fill	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He crept in on his own, believing it was the way home

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 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 crept	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 own	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 own	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 crept	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 believing	punct
8	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 crept	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 way	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 way	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 believing	ccomp
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	creep in	past	He		his own		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory
2	believe	gerund	He not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	it	the way		home property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He entered it voluntarily at Little Klaus's request

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 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entered	obj
4	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	_	2 entered	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 request	case
6	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Klaus	amod
7	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 request	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Klaus	case
9	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	He	it		Little Klaus's request		voluntarily property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
2	request		Little Klaus						nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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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