Exam question 3 · Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedg…

Which of the following correctly states the purpose for which the four guards were stationed outside the bedroom door?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, state, station · To what, where: purpose, four guards, bedroom door

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 stationed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guards	det
12	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 guards	nummod
13	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 stationed	nsubj:pass
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 stationed	aux:pass
15	stationed	station	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 purpose	acl:relcl
16	outside	outside	ADP	_	19 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 door	det
18	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 door	compound
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stationed	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the purpose		correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
3	station	past · passive	the four guards	the bedroom door	for the purpose	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme outside door=Destination

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

To guard Jack while he slept, thereby keeping him safe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guard	mark
2	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slept	advcl
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 slept	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 slept	nsubj
6	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keeping	punct
8	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	9 keeping	advmod
9	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 slept	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keeping	obj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keeping	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	guard	to-infinitive	Jack not said here		Jack		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Beneficiary
2	sleep	past	Jack				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	gerund	Jack not said here	Jack		safe, thereby property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

To burn the hedgehog skin as soon as Jack had removed it, thereby releasing him from his enchantment

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 burn	mark
2	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skin	det
4	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skin	compound
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burn	obj
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 soon	advmod
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 burn	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 removed	mark
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 removed	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 removed	aux
11	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 soon	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 removed	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 releasing	punct
14	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	15 releasing	advmod
15	releasing	release	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 burn	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 releasing	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 enchantment	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 enchantment	nmod:poss
19	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 releasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	burn	to-infinitive		the hedgehog skin		soon property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
2	remove	past · perfect	Jack	skin			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	release	gerund		Jack	Jack's enchantment	thereby property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source
4	enchant		Jack				nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To guard the door and burn the skin when removed, thus ending the spell.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guard	mark
2	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 burn	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 burn	cc
6	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burn	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 removed	advmod
10	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 burn	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ending	punct
12	thus	thus	ADV	_	13 ending	advmod
13	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 burn	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 spell	det
15	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ending	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 burn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	guard	to-infinitive	you not said here	the door		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary
2	burn	imperative	you not said here	the skin		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
3	remove	participle	you not said here			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	end	gerund	you not said here	the spell	thus property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality spell=Eventuality

Option 4

To burn the hedgehog skin once Jack took it off, thereby freeing him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 burn	mark
2	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skin	det
4	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skin	compound
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burn	obj
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	8 took	mark
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 took	nsubj
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 burn	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 took	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 took	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 freeing	punct
12	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	13 freeing	advmod
13	freeing	free	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 burn	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 freeing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	burn	to-infinitive		the hedgehog skin		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
2	take off	past	Jack	skin		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	free	gerund		Jack	thereby property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source

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