Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

Which object does the boy send to the old man, and by what means?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: send, mean · To what, where: old man

This is exam question 3 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 send	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	nsubj
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 means	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 means	cc
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 means	mark
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 means	nsubj
15	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 send	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · do-support	which object		the old man				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to man=Destination
2	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

A pewter soldier, conveyed by the errand man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soldier	amod
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 conveyed	punct
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 soldier	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	compound
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	participle		a pewter soldier not said here				by the errand man	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A pewter soldier, conveyed across the street by the errand man and his small basket

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soldier	amod
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 conveyed	punct
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 soldier	acl
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 street	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 street	det
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 man	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 man	compound
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 basket	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 basket	nmod:poss
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 basket	amod
16	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 man	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	participle		a pewter soldier not said here		the street		by the errand man and his small basket	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A pewter soldier, given to the old man by his mother, conveyed by the errand man on Sunday morning

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soldier	amod
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 soldier	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 mother	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 conveyed	punct
14	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 soldier	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 man	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 man	det
17	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 man	compound
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conveyed	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 morning	case
20	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 morning	compound
21	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		a pewter soldier not said here	the old man			by man's mother	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient
2	convey	participle		a pewter soldier not said here				by the errand man on Sunday morning	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A wooden horse, carried by the apes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 horse	punct
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 apes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 apes	det
8	apes	ape	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle · passive	the apes	a wooden horse					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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