Exam question 2 · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

What was the condition of the child's mother's son when he was placed with the laborer's family?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, place · To what, where: condition, child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» 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	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	11 son	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mother	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 son	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mother	case
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 placed	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 placed	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 placed	aux:pass
15	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	acl
16	with	with	ADP	_	20 family	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 laborer	det
18	laborer	laborer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 family	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 laborer	case
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 placed	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition				of the child's mother's son	tree rules
2	place	past · passive		child				with the laborer's family	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme

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 was fed and cared for

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	3 fed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fed	aux:pass
3	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cared	cc
5	cared	care	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fed	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 cared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past · passive		He					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	care	participle							vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He was loved

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	3 loved	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 loved	aux:pass
3	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past · passive		He					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He was sent to a farm

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 farm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 farm	det
6	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He		a farm			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to farm=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was neglected and unloved

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	3 neglected	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 neglected	aux:pass
3	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 unloved	cc
5	unloved	unlov	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 neglected	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect	past · passive		He					vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	unlov	participle							tree rules

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