Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is…

Which of the following describes the condition of the bishop upon the pavement of the church?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, condition · To what, where: condition, bishop

This is exam question 1 of lesson 804 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is slain, a funeral sounds, a ship is saved, and a bottle neck remembers its past» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bishop	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bishop	det
10	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 condition	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 pavement	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pavement	det
13	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bishop	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 church	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 church	det
16	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pavement	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the condition of the bishop upon the pavement of the church	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	condition		the bishop upon the pavement of the church	nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He lay dead with a cloven skull

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 skull	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 skull	det
6	cloven	cloven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skull	amod
7	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He					with a cloven skull; dead property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He sat up with a bloodied face

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 sat	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 face	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
6	bloodied	bloody	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 face	amod
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit up	past	He					with a bloodied face	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bloody	participle							vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He lay alive with a broken arm

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 arm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arm	det
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 arm	amod
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He					with a broken arm; alive property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He was asleep

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 asleep	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					asleep property	tree rules

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