Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the f…

Upon which object did the goblin, during the nocturnal conflagration, fix his protective grasp, and in what manner did he secure it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, you, manner · What happens: do, fix, secure, grasp · To what, where: goblin, protective grasp, grasp

This is exam question 1 of lesson 834 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the fire breaks out and the goblin saves the student's book» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	4 did	mark
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fix	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goblin	det
6	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
8	during	during	ADP	_	11 conflagration	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conflagration	det
10	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conflagration	amod
11	conflagration	conflagration	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fix	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 conflagration	punct
13	fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 grasp	nmod:poss
15	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grasp	amod
16	grasp	grasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fix	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 secure	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 secure	cc
19	in	in	SCONJ	_	22 did	mark
20	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	21 manner	det
21	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 did	nsubj
22	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 secure	aux
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 secure	nsubj
24	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 fix	conj
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 secure	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 fix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the goblin		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goblin=Eventuality
2	fix	imperative	you not said here	object's protective grasp	during the nocturnal conflagration	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent grasp=Patient
3	secure	past · do-support	manner	grasp		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme
4	grasp		object			nom grasp «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 wonderful book, which he secured within his red cap, holding the cap firmly with both hands, then carried it down the stairs to the student's room

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 secured	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 secured	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 secured	nsubj
7	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 cap	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cap	nmod:poss
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cap	amod
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 holding	punct
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 secured	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cap	det
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	obj
16	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	13 holding	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 hands	case
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 hands	det
19	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 holding	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 carried	punct
21	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 carried	advmod
22	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 secured	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 carried	obj
24	down	down	ADP	_	22 carried	compound:prt
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 stairs	det
26	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 carried	obj
27	to	to	ADP	_	31 room	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 student	det
29	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 room	nmod:poss
30	's	's	PART	_	29 student	case
31	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	secure	past	the wonderful book			within book's red cap	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	hold	gerund	the wonderful book not said here	the cap		with both hands; firmly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
3	carry down	past	the wonderful book not said here	cap	then	to the student's room	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme it=Beneficiary stair=Value

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The wonderful book, which he secured within his red cap, holding the cap firmly with both hands

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 secured	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 secured	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 secured	nsubj
7	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 cap	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cap	nmod:poss
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cap	amod
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 holding	punct
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 secured	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cap	det
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	obj
16	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	13 holding	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 hands	case
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 hands	det
19	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	past	the wonderful book					within book's red cap	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	hold	gerund	the wonderful book not said here	the cap				with both hands; firmly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme

Option 3

The golden book, which he tucked into his red hat, pressing the hat tightly with one arm

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tucked	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tucked	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 tucked	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tucked	nsubj
7	tucked	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 hat	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hat	nmod:poss
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hat	amod
11	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tucked	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pressing	punct
13	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 tucked	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hat	det
15	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pressing	obj
16	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	13 pressing	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 arm	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 arm	nummod
19	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	past	the golden book			book's red hat			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into hat=Destination
2	press	gerund	the golden book not said here	the hat				with one arm; tightly property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Option 4

The wonderful book, which he secured within his red cap, holding the cap firmly with both hands while leaping across the roof tiles and into the chimney smoke

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 secured	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 secured	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 secured	nsubj
7	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 cap	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cap	nmod:poss
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cap	amod
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 holding	punct
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 secured	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cap	det
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	obj
16	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	13 holding	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 hands	case
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 hands	det
19	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 holding	obl
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 leaping	mark
21	leaping	leap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 holding	advcl
22	across	across	ADP	_	25 tiles	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 tiles	det
24	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 tiles	compound
25	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 leaping	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 smoke	cc
27	into	into	ADP	_	30 smoke	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 smoke	det
29	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 smoke	compound
30	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	secure	past	the wonderful book			within book's red cap	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	hold	gerund	the wonderful book not said here	the cap		with both hands; firmly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
3	leap	gerund	the wonderful book not said here		the roof tiles		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across tile=Trajectory

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