Exam question 3 · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

Which of the following most accurately explains the reason Little Klaus gave for returning from the river with cattle?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Little · What happens: follow, explain, give, return · To what, where: reason, river

This is exam question 3 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 explains	advmod
7	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explains	obj
10	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gave	nsubj
11	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Little	flat
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 returning	mark
14	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 gave	advcl
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 returning	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 cattle	case
19	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 returning	obl
20	?	?	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	explain speech: assert	present		the reason		accurately property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	give	past	Little	the reason not said here			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	return	gerund	Little not said here		the river	with cattle	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from river=Initial_Location

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

The cattle were sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cattle	det
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sick	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sick	cop
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cattle					sick property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had sold the herd at the market

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 sold	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	aux
3	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 herd	det
5	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 market	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 market	det
8	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · perfect	He	the herd		the market			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent herd=Theme at market=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A herd awaited him a mile farther along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 herd	det
2	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaited	nsubj
3	awaited	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 awaited	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mile	det
6	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaited	obj
7	farther	far	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 mile	amod
8	along	along	ADV	_	7 farther	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	past	a herd	him = he					tree rules

Option 4

He had lost the cattle

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 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cattle	det
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	the cattle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Eventuality

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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