Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

What does the narrator state about the nature of the shoes?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 state	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	compound
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 nature	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nature	det
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 shoes	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shoes	det
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nature	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

They let the watchman feel the lieutenant's thoughts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watchman	det
4	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lieutenant	det
7	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thoughts	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lieutenant	case
9	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feel	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	past	They	the watchman	tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	the watchman not said here	the lieutenant's thoughts	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme
3	think		the lieutenant		nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They cause a change in which the watchman takes on the officer's worries and thoughts entirely.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cause	nsubj
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 change	det
4	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 takes	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 watchman	det
8	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	nsubj
9	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 change	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	14 worries	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 officer	det
12	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worries	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 officer	case
14	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 takes	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 thoughts	cc
16	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 worries	conj
17	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 takes	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	present	They	a change			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition change=Patient
2	take	present	the watchman		a change	on the officer's worries and thoughts; entirely property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on worry=Destination
3	worry		the officer				nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They cause the metamorphosis by which the watchman assumes the officer's thoughts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cause	nsubj
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 metamorphosis	det
4	metamorphosis	metamorphosis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 assumes	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 watchman	det
8	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assumes	nsubj
9	assumes	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 metamorphosis	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 officer	det
11	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thoughts	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 officer	case
13	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 assumes	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	present	They	the metamorphosis		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition metamorphosis=Patient
2	assume	present	the watchman	the officer's thoughts	by the metamorphosis	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme
3	think		the officer			nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They are magic shoes that carry the watchman to the moon, where he feels the lieutenant's thoughts.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoes	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shoes	cop
3	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shoes	amod
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 carry	nsubj
6	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shoes	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 watchman	det
8	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moon	det
11	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 feels	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 feels	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 feels	nsubj
15	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 moon	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lieutenant	det
17	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 thoughts	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 lieutenant	case
19	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 feels	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shoes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	They	magic shoes		tree rules
2	carry	present	magic shoes	the watchman	the moon	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent watchman=Theme to moon=Destination
3	feel	present	he	the lieutenant's thoughts		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme
4	think		the lieutenant			nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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