Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper…

Which statement correctly describes the outcome of Jesper's first task at the palace?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, Jesper · What happens: describe, task · To what, where: outcome, palace

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 outcome	det
6	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 task	case
8	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 task	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Jesper	case
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 task	amod
11	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 outcome	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 task	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the outcome of Jesper's first task at the palace				correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	task		Jesper			the palace			nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 king gave Jesper the princess after he sorted all the grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gave	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 sorted	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sorted	nsubj
9	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gave	advcl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 grain	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grain	det
12	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sorted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the king	the princess	Jesper				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Recipient princess=Theme
2	sort	past	king	all grain					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The grain was sorted into four heaps by the army of ants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grain	det
2	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sorted	aux:pass
4	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 heaps	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 heaps	nummod
7	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sorted	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 army	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 army	det
10	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 ants	case
12	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 army	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past · passive	the army of ants	the grain				into four heaps goal	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into heap=Goal

Option 3

The grain was not sorted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grain	det
2	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sorted	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 sorted	advmod
5	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sort	past · passive		the grain					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The ants finished the sorting of the grain before the set time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ants	det
2	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 finished	nsubj
3	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sorting	det
5	sorting	sorting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finished	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 grain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grain	det
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorting	nmod
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 time	compound
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past	the ants	the sorting of the grain			time		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sorting=Eventuality
2	sort			the grain					nom sorting «process transitive»: of=patient

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