Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

By what means did the Councillor's period of confusion come to an end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: period · What happens: mean, do, come · To what, where: end

This is exam question 2 of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Councillor	det
6	Councillor	Councillor	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 period	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Councillor	case
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 come	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 confusion	case
10	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 period	nmod
11	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 come	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	come	present	the Councillor's period of confusion	to a end	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=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 · ← Mova's choice

Pulling the galoshes off his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 galoshes	det
3	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pulling	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feet	nmod:poss
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pulling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	gerund		the galoshes		his feet			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent galosh=Theme off foot=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Removal of the shoes from his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 shoes	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shoes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the shoes from his feet					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Removal of the shoes from his feet, which slipped away under the table as he tried to creep out

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slipped	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 shoes	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shoes	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 slipped	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 slipped	nsubj
10	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 slipped	advmod
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 table	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 table	det
14	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slipped	obl
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 tried	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 tried	nsubj
17	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 slipped	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 creep	mark
19	creep	creep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 tried	xcomp
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 creep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	slip away	past	Removal of the shoes from Removal's feet		the table	away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	try	past	Removal				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	creep out not said to happen	to-infinitive	Removal not said here				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	remove			the shoes from Removal's feet			nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Removal of the shoes from his feet by the other guests, who pulled them off while he was singing

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pulled	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 shoes	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shoes	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 guests	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guests	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 guests	amod
11	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Removal	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pulled	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 pulled	nsubj
14	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pulled	obj
16	off	off	ADP	_	14 pulled	compound:prt
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	20 singing	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 singing	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 singing	aux
20	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 pulled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pull off	past	Removal of the shoes from Removal's feet by the other guests	guests = guest	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
2	sing speech: express	past · progressive	Removal		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	remove		the other guests	the shoes from Removal's feet	nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

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