Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of…

Which action did Tuk perform in order to aid the memorisation of his lesson prior to retiring?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform, aid, retire, memorise · To what, where: order, memorisation, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Tuk	Tuk	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 aid	mark
9	aid	aid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 perform	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 memorisation	det
11	memorisation	memorisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aid	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lesson	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lesson	nmod:poss
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 memorisation	nmod
15	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	17 retiring	mark
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 prior	fixed
17	retiring	retire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 aid	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action		order	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	aid	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the memorisation of Tuk's lesson		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memorisation=Beneficiary
3	retire	gerund	which action not said here			vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	memorise			Tuk's lesson		nom memorisation «cognition 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 hid the book.

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	the book					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He placed the geography-book beneath his pillow.

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 book	det
4	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 geography	punct
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 pillow	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pillow	nmod:poss
9	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 placed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	the geography book		his pillow			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme beneath pillow=Destination

Option 3

He tucked the geography-book under his bolster.

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 tucked	nsubj
2	tucked	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 book	det
4	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 geography	punct
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucked	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 bolster	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bolster	nmod:poss
9	bolster	bolster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	past	He	the geography book		his bolster			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent book=Theme under bolster=Trajectory

Option 4

He read the book aloud.

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 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obj
5	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 read	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	He	the book				aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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