Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk…

Which of the following accurately identifies the intended recipients of the captured bird after its capture?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bird · What happens: follow, identify, intend, capture · To what, where: intended recipients

This is exam question 2 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 recipients	det
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 recipients	amod
9	recipients	recipient	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 identifies	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 bird	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
12	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 bird	amod
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recipients	nmod
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 capture	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 capture	nmod:poss
16	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bird	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the intended recipients of the captured bird after bird's capture	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent recipient=Theme
3	intend	participle				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	capture	participle				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	capture		bird			nom capture «act transitive»: poss=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

A group of merchants who bought the bird at the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 merchants	case
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 group	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bought	nsubj
6	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 group	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bought	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 market	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 market	det
11	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	a group of merchants	the bird		the market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bird=Theme at market=Asset

Option 2

Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it for a lesson on birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 schoolboys	nummod
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 purchased	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 class	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
5	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 class	amod
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 schoolboys	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 purchased	nsubj
8	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 purchased	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 lesson	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lesson	det
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purchased	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 birds	case
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past	Two schoolboys of the upper class	class				for a lesson; on birds	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for lesson=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 schoolboys	nummod
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 class	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
5	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 class	amod
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 schoolboys	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 purchased	nsubj
8	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 class	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 purchased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past	the upper class	class					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it and later set it free in the royal gardens

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 schoolboys	nummod
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 set	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 class	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
5	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 class	amod
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 schoolboys	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 purchased	nsubj
8	purchased	purchase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 class	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 purchased	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 later	cc
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 purchased	advmod
12	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 set	obj
14	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 set	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 gardens	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gardens	det
17	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 gardens	amod
18	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past	the upper class	class				late property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	set	past	Two schoolboys of the upper class	class		the royal gardens		free property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in garden=Destination

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