Exam question 4 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

Identify the event at the goose market which marks the transition to the next stage of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, goose market · What happens: identify, mark · To what, where: event, goose market, transition

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 market	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 market	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 market	compound
7	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 marks	nsubj
9	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 market	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 transition	det
11	transition	transition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marks	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 stage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stage	det
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stage	amod
15	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marks	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 narrative	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrative	det
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stage	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the event		the goose market			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	mark	present	the goose market	the transition				to the next stage of the narrative	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent transition=Theme to stage=Attribute

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 goose flies off and the crowd cheers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goose	det
2	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flies	nsubj
3	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 flies	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cheers	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crowd	det
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cheers	nsubj
8	cheers	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 flies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	present	the goose						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cheer	present	the crowd						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The cage door opens and the geese run out into the market square

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
2	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 door	compound
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opens	nsubj
4	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 run	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 geese	det
7	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 run	nsubj
8	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 opens	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 run	compound:prt
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 square	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 square	det
12	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 square	compound
13	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	the cage door						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run out	present	the geese					into the market square result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into square=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The goose squawks and flies away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goose	det
2	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squawks	nsubj
3	squawks	squawk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 flies	cc
5	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 squawks	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 flies	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 squawks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squawk	present	the goose						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fly away	present	the goose not said here					away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The third goose, sitting still and sighing, addresses Jem in rhyme

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goose	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 goose	amod
3	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 addresses	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 goose	acl
6	still	still	ADV	_	5 sitting	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sighing	cc
8	sighing	sigh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sitting	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 goose	punct
10	addresses	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 addresses	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 rhyme	case
13	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 addresses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	sit	gerund	the third goose not said here			still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sigh	gerund	the third goose not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	address	present	the third goose	Jem	rhyme		vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jem=Destination

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