Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk…

Which of the following describes the transformation of the clerk's garments into the parts of a bird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, transform · To what, where: transformation, parts, garments

This is exam question 1 of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 transformation	det
7	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 garments	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clerk	det
10	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 garments	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 clerk	case
12	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 transformation	nmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 parts	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 parts	det
15	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 describes	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 bird	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bird	det
18	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 parts	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the transformation of the clerk's garments	the parts of a bird	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent transformation=Theme
3	transform		the clerk's garments		nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient

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

His coat folded into wings, his galoshes became claws, and his hat turned into a beak for pecking

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 coat	nmod:poss
2	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 became	nsubj
3	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 coat	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 wings	case
5	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 folded	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 became	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 galoshes	nmod:poss
8	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 became	nsubj
9	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 became	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 turned	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 turned	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hat	nmod:poss
14	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 turned	nsubj
15	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 became	conj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 beak	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 beak	det
18	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 turned	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 pecking	case
20	pecking	pecking	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fold	participle		His coat not said here	wings		vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into wing=Product
2	become	past	His coat	claws			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	turn	past	his hat		a beak	for pecking	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into beak=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His coat became wings and his galoshes became claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 coat	nmod:poss
2	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 became	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 galoshes	nmod:poss
7	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 became	nsubj
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
9	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	His coat	wings					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	become	past	his galoshes	claws					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

His coat became wings and his galoshes became claws, and he began to sing in the grass

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 coat	nmod:poss
2	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 became	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 galoshes	nmod:poss
7	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 became	nsubj
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
9	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 became	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 began	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 began	nsubj
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 sing	mark
15	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 began	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 grass	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 grass	det
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	become	past	His coat	wings		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	become	past	his galoshes	claws		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	begin	past	he			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	he not said here		the grass	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Location

Option 4

His galoshes became wings and his coat became claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 galoshes	nmod:poss
2	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 became	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coat	nmod:poss
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 became	nsubj
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
9	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	His galoshes	wings					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	become	past	his coat	claws					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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