Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

What reason does the boy give for sending his gift across the street?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, boy · What happens: do, give, send, gift · To what, where: gift, street

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 sending	mark
8	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 gift	nmod:poss
10	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sending	obj
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 street	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 street	det
13	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sending	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	what reason			tree rules
2	give	present	the boy			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	send	gerund	the boy not said here	boy's gift	the street	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
4	gift		boy			nom gift «possession 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 · ✓ the right answer

He knows the old man is so very lonely

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 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lonely	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lonely	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 lonely	advmod
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 lonely	advmod
9	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	the old man					lonely property	tree rules

Option 2

He thinks the old man wants a new hat

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hat	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hat	amod
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	want	present	the old man	a new hat					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hat=Theme

Option 3

Because the old man has no friends at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 friends	det
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 friends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the old man	no friends		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

Option 4

Because the old man is rich and the boy wants to be thanked by the king's son

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 rich	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rich	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rich	cop
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wants	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wants	nsubj
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rich	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 thanked	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 thanked	aux:pass
13	thanked	thank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wants	xcomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	18 son	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 son	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 king	case
18	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thanked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the old man	rich property	tree rules
2	want	present	the boy		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	thank speech: thank not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	the king's son		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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