Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets…

Which of the following describes the boy's action upon being admitted to the poet's room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, admit · To what, where: action, room

This is exam question 1 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 action	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 action	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 action	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 action	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 action	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 action	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boy	case
9	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 admitted	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 admitted	aux:pass
12	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 action	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	17 room	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 poet	det
15	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 room	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 poet	case
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 admitted	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 action	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the boy's action	tree rules
3	admit speech: other	gerund · passive	the boy's action not said here	the poet's room		vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: to room=Recipient

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

He smiled at the poet and then took out his bow to shoot the old man

The tree, 16 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 smiled	nsubj
2	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 poet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poet	det
5	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smiled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 took	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 took	advmod
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 smiled	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 took	compound:prt
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bow	nmod:poss
11	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 shoot	mark
13	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 took	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shoot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	smile	past	He		the poet		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take out	past	He not said here	his bow		then	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
3	shoot	to-infinitive	He not said here	the old man			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme

Option 2

He knocked and waited quietly

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 knocked	nsubj
2	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 waited	cc
4	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knocked	conj
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 waited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	He						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	wait	past	He not said here					quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He fired at the window

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 fired	nsubj
2	fired	fire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fire	past	He			the window			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He took aim and discharged an arrow into the poet's heart

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 discharged	cc
5	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 took	conj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discharged	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	12 heart	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 poet	det
10	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heart	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 poet	case
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discharged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	aim					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme
2	discharge	participle	He not said here	a arrow		the poet's heart			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

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