Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the f…

To what extent did the student exhibit distress during the fire, as observed by the goblin upon his return to the room?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent · What happens: do, observe, return · To what, where: student exhibit distress

This is exam question 2 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	extent	extent	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	8 distress	det
6	student	student	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distress	amod
7	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distress	compound
8	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 fire	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 observed	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 observed	mark
14	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 goblin	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 goblin	det
17	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 observed	obl
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 return	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 return	nmod:poss
20	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 observed	obl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 room	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 room	det
23	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 return	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	extent	the student exhibit distress	during the fire		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distress=Eventuality
2	observe	participle	extent not said here			by the goblin; upon extent's return to the room	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	return		extent			to the room	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

He grew frantic, shouting at the blaze from the open window

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 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	frantic	frantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shouting	punct
5	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grew	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 blaze	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blaze	det
8	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 window	amod
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	He					frantic property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund	He not said here			the blaze		from the open window	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He remained entirely composed, observing the blaze from the open window, then went back to sleep in his bed

The tree, 19 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	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 composed	advmod
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remained	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 observing	punct
6	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 remained	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blaze	det
8	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 window	amod
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 went	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 went	advmod
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remained	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 went	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 sleep	mark
18	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 went	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 bed	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 bed	nmod:poss
21	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	He					tree rules
2	compose	participle	He not said here				entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	observe	gerund	He not said here	the blaze	the open window			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent blaze=Topic
4	go back	past	He not said here			then		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
5	sleep	to-infinitive	He not said here		his bed			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 3

He remained entirely composed, observing the blaze from the open window with calm composure and no sign of fear

The tree, 19 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	4 composed	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 composed	aux:pass
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 composed	advmod
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 observing	punct
6	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 composed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blaze	det
8	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 window	amod
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 composure	case
14	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 composure	amod
15	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sign	cc
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 sign	det
18	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 composure	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 fear	case
20	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	compose	past · passive	He		entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	observe	gerund	the blaze	the open window	with calm composure and no sign of fear	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent blaze=Topic
3	sign		fear			nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He remained entirely composed, observing the blaze from the open window with calm composure

The tree, 14 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	4 composed	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 composed	aux:pass
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 composed	advmod
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 observing	punct
6	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 composed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blaze	det
8	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 window	amod
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 composure	case
14	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 composure	amod
15	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	past · passive		He				entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	observe	gerund		the blaze		the open window		with calm composure	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent blaze=Topic

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