Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels…

What conclusion does the beetle draw concerning the earwig families and their domestic arrangements?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conclusion, beetle draw, families · What happens: do, concern, arrange · To what, where: beetle draw, earwig families

This is exam question 3 of lesson 798 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels: a vain beetle wants golden shoes and finds only mud» 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 conclusion	det
2	conclusion	conclusion	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	6 draw	det
5	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 draw	compound
6	draw	draw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 draw	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 families	det
9	earwig	earwig	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 families	compound
10	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concerning	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 arrangements	cc
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 arrangements	nmod:poss
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 arrangements	amod
14	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 families	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present	what conclusion	the beetle draw	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draw=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	the beetle draw not said here	the earwig families and families's domestic arrangements	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer
3	arrange		families = family		nom arrangement «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

He regards their broken dwelling as unfit and their boasting as tiresome

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 regards	nsubj
2	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dwelling	nsubj
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dwelling	aux
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 regards	ccomp
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 unfit	case
7	unfit	unfit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dwelling	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 boasting	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boasting	nmod:poss
10	boasting	boasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unfit	conj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 tiresome	case
12	tiresome	tiresome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present	He						vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	dwell	participle	their = they					as unfit and their boasting; as tiresome	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He finds their home poor and their bragging tiresome to hear

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 finds	nsubj
2	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 home	nmod:poss
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 finds	obj
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 finds	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tiresome	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bragging	nmod:poss
8	bragging	bragging	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tiresome	nsubj
9	tiresome	tiresome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 finds	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 hear	mark
11	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tiresome	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	He	their home				poor property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic
2	hear	to-infinitive	their home not said here						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He considers their cracked home inadequate and their pride rather tedious

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 considers	nsubj
2	considers	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cracked	nsubj:pass
4	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 considers	xcomp
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 cracked	advmod
6	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cracked	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tedious	cc
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pride	nmod:poss
9	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tedious	nsubj
10	rather	rather	ADV	_	11 tedious	advmod
11	tedious	tedious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 inadequate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consider	present	He			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	crack	participle · passive		their = they	home, inadequate property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	pride		their = they			nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He thinks they are ugly

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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ugly	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ugly	cop
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they					ugly property	tree rules

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