Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, par…

Identify the individual who occupied the garret and the cause for which the goblin lingered in the huckster's household.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, individual · What happens: identify, occupy, linger · To what, where: individual, garret, goblin

This is exam question 4 of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 individual	det
3	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 occupied	nsubj
5	occupied	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 individual	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garret	det
7	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupied	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cause	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 garret	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 goblin	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goblin	det
14	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cause	nmod
15	lingered	linger	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 goblin	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 household	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 huckster	det
18	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 household	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 huckster	case
20	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lingered	obl:agent
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the individual	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme
2	occupy	past	the individual	the garret and the cause the goblin	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garret=Experiencer
3	linger	participle		the goblin not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

The huckster lived in the garret, the goblin stayed for the cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 huckster	det
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 garret	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garret	det
6	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stayed	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stayed	nsubj
10	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 cheese	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cheese	det
13	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the huckster			the garret			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garret=Location
2	stay	past	the goblin					for the cheese	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The student occupied the garret, and the goblin remained for the Christmas jam and butter, and also to steal the wife's tongue

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occupied	nsubj
3	occupied	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garret	det
5	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occupied	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 remained	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 remained	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remained	nsubj
10	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 occupied	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 jam	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 jam	det
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 jam	compound
14	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remained	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 butter	cc
16	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jam	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 steal	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 steal	cc
19	also	also	ADV	_	21 steal	advmod
20	to	to	PART	_	21 steal	mark
21	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 occupied	parataxis
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 wife	det
23	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 tongue	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 wife	case
25	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 steal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	occupy	past	the student	the garret		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garret=Experiencer
2	remain	past	the goblin		for the Christmas jam and butter	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	steal	to-infinitive		the wife's tongue		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tongue=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The student occupied the garret, and the goblin remained for the Christmas jam and butter

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occupied	nsubj
3	occupied	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garret	det
5	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occupied	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 remained	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 remained	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remained	nsubj
10	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 occupied	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 jam	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 jam	det
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 jam	compound
14	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remained	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 butter	cc
16	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jam	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	past	the student	the garret					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garret=Experiencer
2	remain	past	the goblin					for the Christmas jam and butter	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The student lived in the attic and the goblin stayed for cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 attic	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 attic	det
6	attic	attic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stayed	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stayed	nsubj
10	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 cheese	case
12	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the student			the attic			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in attic=Location
2	stay	past	the goblin					for cheese	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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