Exam question 4 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Ni…

What was the eventual fate of the small black dog?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: eventual fate

This is exam question 4 of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» 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 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
9	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eventual fate				of the small black dog	tree rules

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

It was taken to the castle hall and kept as a pet by the princess

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 hall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hall	compound
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 taken	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 pet	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 princess	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princess	det
15	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive		It		the castle hall			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hall=Destination
2	keep	participle						as a pet; by the princess	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by princess=Location

Option 2

It was never seen again after the giants chased it into the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seen	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 seen	advmod
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	again	again	ADV	_	4 seen	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 chased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giants	det
8	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chased	nsubj
9	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chased	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · passive		It			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	chase	past	the giants	it		the forest			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into forest=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was shot dead by Niels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shot	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shot	aux:pass
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shot	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Niels	case
6	Niels	Niels	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past · passive	Niels	It				dead property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It was caught by the giants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 giants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giants	det
6	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	the giants	It					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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