Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h…

To what place did the beetle retreat for shelter after leaving the scholar?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: place · What happens: do, leave · To what, where: beetle retreat, scholar

This is exam question 2 of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 retreat	det
6	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retreat	compound
7	retreat	retreat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 shelter	case
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 leaving	mark
11	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 did	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 scholar	det
13	scholar	scholar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	place	the beetle retreat				for shelter	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retreat=Eventuality
2	leave	gerund	place not said here	the scholar					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scholar=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

an old stable with a half-open wooden door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stable	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stable	amod
3	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 door	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 door	det
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 open	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 half	punct
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 door	amod
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 door	amod
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stable	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a heated glasshouse with a partly open sash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 glasshouse	det
2	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 glasshouse	amod
3	glasshouse	glasshouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 sash	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sash	det
6	partly	partly	ADV	_	7 open	advmod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sash	amod
8	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glasshouse	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

a heated glasshouse with a partly open sash, where the gardener had left the windows ajar

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 glasshouse	det
2	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 glasshouse	amod
3	glasshouse	glasshouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 sash	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sash	det
6	partly	partly	ADV	_	7 open	advmod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sash	amod
8	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glasshouse	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 left	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 left	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gardener	det
12	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 left	aux
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 glasshouse	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 windows	det
16	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 left	obj
17	ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	past · perfect · passive		the gardener				ajar property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme window=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a damp cellar under a cold stone step

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cellar	det
2	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cellar	amod
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	8 step	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 step	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 step	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 step	compound
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cellar	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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