Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a yo…

What did the young man wish for when he was trapped in the railings?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, trap · To what, where: young man wish, he, railings

This is exam question 4 of lesson 280 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a young man wears the Shoes and gets stuck in the railings» 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wish	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wish	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wish	compound
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 trapped	mark
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 trapped	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trapped	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 trapped	aux:pass
11	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 did	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 railings	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 railings	det
14	railings	railing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 trapped	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the young man wish					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Eventuality
2	trap	past · passive		he		the railings			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in railing=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That his head were loose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 head	det
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 head	nmod:poss
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loose	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 loose	cop
5	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his head					loose property	tree rules

Option 2

That the iron bars would bend back for him at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 bend	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bars	det
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bars	compound
4	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bend	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bend	aux
6	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 bend	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bend	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 bend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend back	would	That					for him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location

Option 3

That he could slide out of the railings like a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 slide	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slide	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 slide	aux
4	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 railings	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 railings	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 railings	det
8	railings	railing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slide	obl
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 cat	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cat	det
11	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 railings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	could	That			the railings like a cat			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out railing=Trajectory

Option 4

That his neck were bent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 neck	det
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 neck	nmod:poss
3	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bent	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bent	aux:pass
5	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past · passive		his neck					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material

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