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

State the condition of the young man's body at the moment Care removes the galoshes, with reference to the text.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Care · What happens: state, remove, condition · To what, where: condition, galoshes, body

This is exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 body	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 body	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 moment	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
13	Care	Care	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 removes	nsubj
14	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 State	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 galoshes	det
16	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 removes	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 reference	punct
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 reference	case
19	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removes	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 text	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 text	det
22	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reference	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition of the young man's body	moment		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	remove	present	Care	the galoshes		with reference to the text	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent galosh=Theme
3	condition			the young man's body			nom condition «state 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

He lies asleep in the inn, recovering from the flies' bites

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lies	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 inn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inn	det
6	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 recovering	punct
8	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lies	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 bites	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flies	det
11	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bites	nmod:poss
12	'	's	PART	_	11 flies	case
13	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 recovering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	lie	present	He	the inn	asleep property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in inn=Location
2	recover	gerund	He not said here	the flies's bites		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bite=Source
3	bite		the flies			nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He stands among the beggars, wounded but still walking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 beggars	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beggars	det
5	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stands	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wounded	punct
7	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beggars	amod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 walking	cc
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 walking	advmod
10	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 wounded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	He			the beggars			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among beggar=Location
2	walk	gerund	He not said here				still		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He sits watching at the window, weary but awake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sits	xcomp
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 watching	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 weary	punct
8	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sits	parataxis
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 awake	cc
10	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 weary	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	He						tree rules
2	watch	gerund	He not said here			the window			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He lies dead in his coffin, and then he rises young and vigorous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lies	nsubj
2	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lies	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 coffin	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coffin	nmod:poss
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rises	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rises	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 rises	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rises	nsubj
11	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lies	conj
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rises	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 vigorous	cc
14	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 young	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	He			his coffin		dead property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in coffin=Location
2	rise	present	he				then	young property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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