Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

What is the principal consequence, for the poor boy, of his passage through the forest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be, pass · To what, where: principal consequence, forest

This is exam question 3 of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 boy	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 boy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boy	amod
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 passage	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 passage	nmod:poss
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 forest	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 passage	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence and the poor boy and boy's passage through the forest					tree rules
2	pass		boy			the forest			nom passage «act intransitive»: poss=agent through=place

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

his face, hands and feet are torn and bleed

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 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 torn	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hands	punct
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 face	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 feet	cc
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 face	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 torn	aux:pass
8	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bleed	cc
10	bleed	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 torn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	present · passive		his face and hands and feet					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bleed	infinitive							vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 2

he loses his wooden shoes

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 loses	nsubj
2	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoes	nmod:poss
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoes	amod
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	he	his wooden shoes					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality

Option 3

his coat is torn at the sleeve

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	4 torn	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 torn	aux:pass
4	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 sleeve	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sleeve	det
7	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 torn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	present · passive		his coat		the sleeve			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

he returns to the town with scratches, but his face and hands remain unharmed

The tree, 14 words

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 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 town	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 scratches	case
7	scratches	scratch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 town	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 remain	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 remain	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 face	nmod:poss
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remain	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hands	cc
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 face	conj
14	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 returns	conj
15	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	he					to the town with scratches result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result
2	remain	present	his face and hands					unharmed property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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