Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

Which event in the passage brings about the sudden death of the watchman?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: event, watchman · What happens: bring, die

This is exam question 1 of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» 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 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brings	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 event	nmod
6	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 death	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 death	det
9	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 death	amod
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brings	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 watchman	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 watchman	det
13	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 death	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 brings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	which event in the passage					about the sudden death of the watchman	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	die		the watchman						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The drunken passer-by tweaks his nose and the watchman falls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 passer	det
2	drunken	drunken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 passer	amod
3	passer	passer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 tweaks	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 tweaks	case
6	tweaks	tweak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 passer	acl:relcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tweaks	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 falls	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 watchman	det
11	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 falls	nsubj
12	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tweaks	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 passer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tweak	present	the drunken passer not said here	passer's nose					vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer
2	fall	present	the watchman						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The lieutenant faints at the window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lieutenant	det
2	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 faints	nsubj
3	faints	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 faints	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 faints	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	present	the lieutenant					at the window	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at window=Stimulus

Option 3

The watchman leaps to the moon, and the drunken passer-by tweaks his nose before he returns.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 watchman	det
2	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaps	nsubj
3	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moon	det
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaps	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tweaks	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tweaks	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 passer	det
10	drunken	drunken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 passer	amod
11	passer	passer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tweaks	nsubj
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 by	punct
13	by	by	ADP	_	11 passer	punct
14	tweaks	tweak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 leaps	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 nose	nmod:poss
16	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tweaks	obj
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 returns	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 returns	nsubj
19	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 tweaks	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leap	present	the watchman		the moon	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to moon=Destination
2	tweak	present	the drunken passer	passer's nose		vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer
3	return	present	watchman			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A patrol finds the watchman on the steps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 patrol	det
2	patrol	patrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finds	nsubj
3	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 watchman	det
5	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finds	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 steps	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 steps	det
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 finds	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	a patrol	the watchman				on the steps	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watchman=Topic

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