Exam question 4 · Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving moth…

By what means did the mother's husband remain unaware of her departure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: husband, her · What happens: mean, do, remain, depart · To what, where: unaware

This is exam question 4 of lesson 809 «Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 husband	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mother	case
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	nsubj
9	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
10	unaware	unaware	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 departure	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 departure	nmod:poss
13	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unaware	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			tree rules
3	remain	present	the mother's husband	unaware of her departure	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme unaware=Attribute
4	depart		her = she		nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he had fallen into healthful sleep

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 fallen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fallen	aux
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
5	healthful	healthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sleep	amod
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	he					into healthful sleep result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sleep=Result

Option 2

he had been so exhausted from the funeral preparations that he slept through

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	5 exhausted	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exhausted	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 exhausted	aux:pass
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 exhausted	advmod
5	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 preparations	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 preparations	det
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 preparations	compound
9	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exhausted	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 slept	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 slept	nsubj
12	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 preparations	acl:relcl
13	through	through	ADV	_	12 slept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	past · perfect · passive		he		the funeral preparations			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	sleep	past	he	the funeral preparations not said here				through property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preparation=Theme

Option 3

he had drunk a great deal of wine after supper and sank into heavy slumber

The tree, 15 words

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 drunk	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	aux
3	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deal	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deal	amod
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drunk	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wine	case
8	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 supper	case
10	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wine	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sank	cc
12	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	conj
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 slumber	case
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 slumber	amod
15	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	drink	past · perfect	he	a great deal of wine after supper		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient
2	sink	past	he not said here		heavy slumber	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	deal			wine after supper		nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

he had been kept awake by the cold

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	4 kept	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 kept	aux:pass
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 cold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cold	det
8	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · perfect · passive	the cold	he				awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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